Portal venous system aneurysms: Imaging, clinical findings, and a possible new etiologic factor

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1023-1030

  Koc, Zafer ^a   Oguzkurt, Levent ^a   Ulusan, Serife ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Color Doppler sonography; CT; MDCT; Portal venous system; Sonography; Vein

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUTIS LAXA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOPHILIA; VEIN ANEURYSM;

ANEURYSM; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TURKEY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 35748981817     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2121     Document Type: Review

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