A pictorial review of the varied appearance of atypical liver metastasis from carcinoma of the breast

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 78, Issue 936, 2005, Pages 1098-1103

  Roach, H ^a   Whipp, E ^b   Virjee, J ^a   Callaway, M P ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL HAEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BREAST CARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER ATROPHY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER METASTASIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; REVIEW;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 29644436860     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/16104611     Document Type: Review

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