Liver lesions of visceral larva migrans due to Ascaris suum infection: CT findings

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 598-602

  Kakihara, D ^a   Yoshimitsu, K ^a   Ishigami, K ^a   Irie, H ^a   Aibe, H ^a   Tajima, T ^a   Shinozaki, K ^a   Nishie, A ^a   Nakayama, T ^a   Hayashida, K ^a   Nakamuta, M ^a   Nawata, H ^a   Honda, H ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascaris suum; Computed tomography; Computed tomography during arterial portography, portal vein; Visceral larva migrans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER ARTERIOGRAPHY; LIVER NODULE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASITIC LIVER DISEASE; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX PAIN; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS SUUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4143117874     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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