Common bile duct wall thickening due to intramural varices diagnosed by colour Doppler ultrasound

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 483-486

  Grgurević, Ivica ^a   Buljevac, M ^a   Kujundzic M ^a   Vukelic Markovic M ^a   Kardum, D ^a   Brkljacic ^a  

^a University of Zagreb School of Medicine   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Common bile duct neoplasms; Doppler, colour; Jaundice, obstructive; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT DILATATION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON BILE DUCT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER INJURY; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PANCREAS TUMOR; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; STENT; VARICOSIS; VATER PAPILLA;

COMMON BILE DUCT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; THROMBOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 33750633653     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-926568     Document Type: Article

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