MR imaging and MR cholangiopancreatography in the preoperative evaluation of hilar cholangiocarcinoma: Correlation with surgical and pathologic findings

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2213-2221

  Masselli, Gabriele ^a   Manfredi, Riccardo ^b   Vecchioli, Amorino ^c   Gualdi, Gianfranco ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bile duct; Biliary neoplasm; Biliary obstruction; Hilar cholangiocarcinoma; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

GADOTERATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER ATROPHY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEGLUMINE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 52049083673     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1004-z     Document Type: Article

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