Tumor-Specific vascularization pattern of liver metastasis, hepatocellular carcinoma, hemangioma and focal nodular hyperplasia in the differential diagnosis of 1349 liver lesions in contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS)

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 376-382

  Strobel, D ^a   Seitz, K ^b   Blank, W ^c   Schuler, A ^d   Dietrich, C F ^e   Von Herbay, A ^f   Friedrich Rust, M ^g   Bernatik, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b KKH Sigmaringen ^*  (Germany)

^c Department of Internal Medicine   (Germany)

^d Helfenstein Klinik Geislingen   (Germany)

^e CARITAS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^g SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER INJURY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HEMATOMA; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PORTAL VEIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350279538     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1109672     Document Type: Article

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