Imaging modalities for focal nodular hyperplasia and hepatocellular adenoma

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-55

  Van Den Esschert, Jacomina W ^a   Van Gulik, Thomas M ^a   Phoa, Saffire S K S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Focal nodular hyperplasia; Liver cell adenoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radionuclide imaging; Spiral computed tomography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER TUMOR; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCINTISCANNING; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADENOMA, LIVER CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 77950545260     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000268407     Document Type: Article

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