Imaging of benign hypervascular hepatocellular nodules in alcoholic liver cirrhosis: Differentiation from hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 557-563

  Kobayashi, Satoshi ^a   Matsui, Osamu ^a   Kamura, Takeshi ^b   Yamamoto, Satoshi ^b   Yoneda, Norihide ^a   Gabata, Toshifumi ^a   Terayama, Noboru ^a   Sanada, Junichiro ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcoholic liver disease; CT; Hyperplastic nodule; MRI

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IRON OXIDES; RESONANCE; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM;

ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE; CT; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; HYPERPLASTIC NODULE; HYPOINTENSITY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER NODULES; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDES; T2 WEIGHTED;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; LIVER ARTERIOGRAPHY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER NODULE; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 34648826727     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3180305bfb     Document Type: Article

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