Hepatocellular carcinoma missed on gadolinium enhanced mr imaging, discovered in liver explants: Retrospective evaluation

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 210-215

  Karadeniz Bilgili, Mirace Y ^a   Braga, Larissa ^a   Birchard, Katherine R ^a   Gerber, David ^a   Firat, Zeynep ^a   Woosley, John T ^a   Shrestha, Roshan ^a   Semelka, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; HCC; Liver, HCC; Liver, MR

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BOLUS INJECTION; BREATH HOLDING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 31944440903     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20491     Document Type: Article

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