Unusual benign focal liver lesions: Findings on real-time contrast-enhanced sonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 243-254

  Xu, Hui Xiong ^a   Xie, Xiao Yan ^a   Lu, Ming De ^a   Liu, Guang Jian ^a   Xu, Zuo Feng ^a   Liang, Jin Yu ^a   Chen, Li Da ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contrast agent; Focal liver lesion; Liver; Sonography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; SURGERY;

CES EXAMINATIONS; CONTRAST AGENT; FOCAL LIVER LESION;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOMA; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MYCOSIS; PELIOSIS HEPATIS; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; TUBERCULOMA;

EID: 38849159208     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.2.243     Document Type: Article

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