Intrahepatic portal-to-portal venous shunts in cirrhosis: A potential mimic of hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 520-522

  Lutz, Juergen ^a   Knoess, Naomi ^a   Coakley, Fergus V ^a   Yeh, Benjamin M ^a   Breiman, Richard S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hepatic vascular anomaly; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver; Portal to portal venous shunt

Indexed keywords

LIVER; ULTRASONICS;

CIRRHOSIS; DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC VASCULAR ANOMALY; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; MULTIFOCAL; MULTIPHASES; MULTIPLANAR REFORMATION; PORTAL-TO-PORTAL VENOI SHUNT; VASCULAR ANOMALIES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3342969451     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200407000-00013     Document Type: Article

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