Rare localization of a portal cavernoma in the wall of the common bile duct

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 132-134

  Novellas, S ^a   Chevallier, P ^a   Peroux, J L ^a   Bruneton, J N ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

Author keywords

Common bile duct; MRI; Portal cavernoma; US

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

BILE DUCTS; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY;

ANGIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON BILE DUCT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL CAVERNOMA; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 1642463026     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-7071(04)00002-6     Document Type: Review

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