Contrast-enhancing hepatic eosinophilic abscess during the hepatic arterial phase: A mimic of hepatocellular carcinoma

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 168-173

  Byun, Jae Ho ^a   Dong, Hyun Yang ^a   Seong, Eon Yoon ^a   Hyung, Jin Won ^a   Yong, Moon Shin ^a   Yong, Yeon Jeong ^b   Se, Jin Jang ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Conventional angiography; Dynamic CT; Liver disease; MRI

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; IOPROMIDE; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; BOLUS INJECTION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EOSINOPHILIA; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ARTICLE; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33644834873     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.1695     Document Type: Review

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