Usefulness of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in the diagnosis of renal pseudotumors

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 241-245

  Mazziotti, Silvio ^a,b   Zimbaro, Fabrizio ^a   Pandolfo, Alessia ^a   Racchiusa, Sergio ^a   Settineri, Nicola ^a   Ascenti, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

CEUS; CT; Kidney; MR; Pseudotumors

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOTERATE MEGLUMINE; IOBITRIDOL; SONOVUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY PERFUSION; KIDNEY PSEUDOTUMOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; KIDNEY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 77953478211     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-008-9499-y     Document Type: Article

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