CT differentiation of adenomyomatosis and gallbladder cancer

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-66

  Ching, Brian H ^a   Yeh, Benjamin M ^a   Westphalen, Antonio C ^a   Joe, Bonnie N ^a   Qayyum, Aliya ^a   Coakley, Fergus V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenomyomatosis; CT; Gallbladder; Gastrointestinal radiology

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOMATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADENOMYOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 34250819918     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.0866     Document Type: Article

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