Vascular and biliary abnormalities mimicking cholangiocarcinoma in patients with cavernous transformation of the portal vein: Role of color Doppler sonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1089-1095

  Kessler, Ada ^a,b   Graif, Moshe ^a   Konikoff, Fred ^a   Mercer, Diego ^a   Oren, Ran ^a   Carmiel, Michal ^a   Blachar, Arye ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biliary changes; Cavernous transformations; Doppler sonography; Portal biliopathy; Portal vein thrombosis

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; TUMORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BILIARY CHANGES; CAVERNOUS TRANSFORMATIONS; DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; PORTAL BILIOPATHY; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CAVERNOUS TRANSFORMATION OF THE PORTAL VEIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMMON BILE DUCT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; PORTAL VEIN; PSEUDOTUMOR; SCHOOL CHILD; VARICOSIS; VEIN DISEASE;

EID: 34547650572     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.8.1089     Document Type: Article

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