The diagnosis and management of benign hepatic tumors

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 401-412

  Bo, Yoon Choi ^a   Nguyen, Mindie H ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign tumor; Diagnosis; Liver; Review

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MEBENDAZOLE;

BILE DUCT CYST; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CAROLI DISEASE; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON BILE DUCT CYST; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYST; CYSTADENOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHINOCOCCUS; FATTY LIVER; FOLLOW UP; HAMARTOMA; HEMANGIOMA; HEPATIC ADENOMA; HEPATIC ADENOMATOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TUMOR; MESENCHYMAL HEMARTOMA; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PELIOSIS HEPATIS; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS; REVIEW; SOLID TUMOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADENOMA, LIVER CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 17444418686     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000159226.63037.a2     Document Type: Review

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