Hepatic angiomyolipoma: Identification of an efferent vessel to be hepatic vein by contrast-enhanced harmonic ultrasound

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 78, Issue 934, 2005, Pages 956-960

  Zheng, R Q ^a   Kudo, M ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508;

ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; RARE DISEASE; RELIABILITY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 27744453516     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/27365821     Document Type: Article

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