CT differentiation of cholangiocarcinoma from periductal fibrosis in patients with hepatolithiasis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 445-453

  Park, Hee Sun ^a   Lee, Jeong Min ^a   Kim, Se Hyung ^a   Jeong, Jun Yong ^a   Kim, Young Jun ^a   Lee, Kyoung Ho ^a   Choi, Seung Hong ^a   Han, Joon Koo ^a   Choi, Byung Ihn ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biliary system; Cholangiocarcinoma; CT; Fibrosis; Hepatolithiasis; Liver

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT STONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEVICE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER LOBECTOMY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERITONEAL BIOPSY; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; SOFT TISSUE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST;

AGED; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LITHIASIS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746590689     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.0247     Document Type: Article

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