Contrast enhanced sonography of focal splenic lesions with a second-generation contrast agent

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 470-477

  Görg, Christian ^a,b   Bert, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Klinik für Hämatologie Onkologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast agent; Focal splenic lesions; Spleen; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SONOVUE;

ACCESSORY SPLEEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCED SONOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTIGRAPHY; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLEEN HEMATOMA; SPLEEN RUPTURE;

AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; CROHN DISEASE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SPLENIC DISEASES; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 29944443550     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-858904     Document Type: Article

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