A practical approach to analyzing focal lesions in the liver

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 187-200

  Li, Duan ^a   Hann, Lucy E ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatocelhilar carcinoma; Liver masses; Liver neoplasms; Metastases; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CYST; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER HEMATOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VASCULAR DISEASE;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOMA;

EID: 24144445840     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ruq.0000174752.34633.41     Document Type: Review

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