Dilated cisternae chyli: A sign of uncompensated cirrhosis at MR imaging

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-216

  Verma, Sachit K ^a   Mitchell, Donald G ^a   Bergin, Diane ^a   Lakhman, Yulia ^a   Austin, Amy ^a   Verma, Manisha ^a   Assis, David ^a   Herrine, Stevene K ^a   Parker, Laurence ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Cisterna chyli; Dilated; Lymph; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DILATED CISTERNAE CHYLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENT T TEST; UNCOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC DUCT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64749091717     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-008-9369-7     Document Type: Article

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