Color Doppler twinkling artifact in a calcified liver mass

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 474-476

  Yanik, Bahar ^a   Conkbayir, Işik ^a   Çakmakçi, Esi̧n ^a   Heki̧moǧlu, Baki ^a  

^a Social Security Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Color Doppler imaging; Hepatic mass; Mucinous adenocarcinoma; Twinkling artifact

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CALCIFICATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; CALCULI; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 28244439277     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20172     Document Type: Article

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