Cystic tumors of the liver: A practical approach

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 3616-3620

  Del Poggio, Paolo ^a   Buonocore, Marco ^a  

^a TREVIGLIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atypical hepatic cysts; Biliary cyst tumor; Cystadenocarcinoma; Cystadenoma; Liver cystic neoplasia

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT CYST; BREAST CANCER; CARCINOID; CAROLI DISEASE; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; CYSTADENOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HAMARTOMA; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KIDNEY CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CYST; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER SURGERY; LYMPHANGIOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY CANCER; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 54349111664     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.3616     Document Type: Editorial

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