Hepatic pseudolesion around the falciform ligament: Prevalence, aberrant venous supply, and fatty infiltration evaluated by multidetector computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 526-533

  Genchellac, Hakan ^a   Yilmaz, Sabri ^b   Ucar, Adem ^b   Dursun, Memduh ^b   Demir, Mustafa Kemal ^a   Yekeler, Ensar ^b  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aberrant venous supply; Chemical shift magnetic resonance imaging; Falciform ligament; Hepatic pseudolesion; Inferior veins of Sappey; Multidetector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SHIFT; MAGNETISM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABERRANT VENOI SUPPLY; CHEMICAL-SHIFT MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES; CONTROL GROUPS; CRANIOCAUDAL; DOMINANT PHASIS; FALCIFORM LIGAMENT; HEPATIC PSEUDOLESION; INFERIOR VEIN OF SAPPEY; PSEUDOLESIONS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; LIVER VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 34648829939     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rct.0000284387.68449.ec     Document Type: Article

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