Needle tract implantation after sonographically guided percutaneous biopsy of hepatocellular carcinoma: Evaluation of doubling time, frequency, and features on CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 400-405

  Chang, Samuel ^a   Kim, Seung Hoon ^a   Lim, Hyo K ^a   Lee, Won Jae ^a   Choi, Dongil ^a   Lim, Jae Hoon ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; TIME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; NEOPLASM SEEDING; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 25644458633     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.185.2.01850400     Document Type: Article

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