Solitary necrotic nodules of the liver: Cross-sectional imaging findings and follow-up in nine patients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1122-1128

  Colagrande, Stefano ^a   Paolucci, Maria Lara ^a   Messerini, Luca ^b   Schima, Wolfgang ^c   Stadler, Alfred ^c   Bartolotta, Tommaso Vincenzo ^d   Vanzulli, Angelo ^e   Brancatelli, Giuseppe ^d,f  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^e OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver metastases; Liver neoplasm; Solitary necrotic nodules

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COURSE EVALUATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER NODULE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL DETECTION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IOHEXOL; IRON; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; OXIDES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 53249117583     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3488     Document Type: Article

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