Contrast-enhanced US with levovist for the diagnosis of hepatic hemangioma: Time-related changes of enhancement appearance and the hemodynamic background

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 55, Issue 85, 2008, Pages 1222-1228

  Kobayashi, Satoshi ^a   Maruyama, Hitoshi ^a   Okugawa, Hidehiro ^a   Yoshizumi, Hiroaki ^a   Matsutani, Shoichi ^b   Ebara, Masaaki ^a   Yokosuka, Osamu ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHIBA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contrast agent; Hemangioma; Liver; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; POLYSACCHARIDE; SHU 508;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149394942     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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