Hilar cholangiocarcinoma: MRI/MRCP in staging and treatment planning

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 444-451

  Masselli, Gabriele ^a   Gualdi, Gianfranco ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biliary neoplasm; Biliary stenosis; Cholangiocarcinoma Magnetic resonance imaging; Staging klatskin's tumor

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE DUCT TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; KLATSKIN TUMOR; LIVER BLOOD VESSEL; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER TUMOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; HUMANS; KLATSKIN'S TUMOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 44049085894     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-007-9281-6     Document Type: Review

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