Liver haemangioma: Common and uncommon findings and how to improve the differential diagnosis

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1544-1554

  Caseiro Alves, Filipe ^a   Brito, Jorge ^a   Araujo, Antonio Eiras ^b   Belo Soares, Pedro ^a   Rodrigues, Henrique ^a   Cipriano, Augusta ^a   Sousa, Daniel ^b   Mathieu, Didier ^c  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Centre de Radiologie   (France)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Contrast agents; Haemangioma; Liver; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neoplasms; Ultrasound; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CALCIFICATION; CAPILLARY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYALINE DEGENERATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOSIS; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34248677098     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0503-z     Document Type: Article

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