Hepatosplenic brucelloma: Clinical presentation and imaging features in six cases

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 291-296

  Ruiz Carazo, E ^a   Munoz Parra F ^a   Jimenez Villares M P ^a   Del Mar Castellano Garcia M ^a   Moyano Calvente, S L ^a   Medina Benitez A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Liver, brucellar abscess; Liver, brucelloma; Spleen, brucelloma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CALCIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEPATOSPLENIC BRUCELLOMA; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; SPLEEN TUMOR; ULTRASOUND; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BRUCELLOSIS; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 21244434877     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-004-0264-6     Document Type: Article

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