Hilar cholangiocarcinoma: Role of preoperative imaging with sonography, MDCT, MRI, and direct cholangiography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1448-1457

  Choi, Jin Young ^a   Kim, Myeong Jin ^a   Jeong, Min Lee ^b   Ki, Whang Kim ^a   Jae, Young Lee ^b   Joon, Koo Han ^b   Byung, Ihn Choi ^b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cholangiography; CT; Hilar cholangiocarcinoma; MRI; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HEPATIC DUCT; HUMAN; LIVER HILUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 55549141833     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3992     Document Type: Article

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