Ultrasonography-guided percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for treatment of a huge symptomatic hepatic cavernous hemangioma

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-170

  Tak, Won Young ^a,b   Park, Soo Young ^a   Jeon, Seong Woo ^a   Cho, Chang Min ^a   Kweon, Young Oh ^a   Kim, Sung Kook ^a   Choi, Yong Hwan ^a   Chung, Joon Mo ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hepatic cavernous hemangioma; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KOREA; LIVER TUMOR; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33645804061     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000196404.07487.1d     Document Type: Article

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