Distinguishing xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis from the wall-thickening type of early-stage gallbladder cancer

Gut and Liver

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 518-523

  Chang, Byung Jin ^a   Kim, Seong Hyun ^b   Park, Ho Yong ^a   Lim, Seong Woo ^a   Kim, Jeong ^a   Lee, Kwang Hyuck ^a   Lee, Kyu Taek ^a,b   Rhee, Jong Chul ^a   Lim, Jae Hoon ^b   Lee, Jong Kyun ^a  

^a Laboratory Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gallbladder cancer; Multidetector computed tomography; Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; XANTHOGRANULOMATOUS CHOLECYSTITIS;

EID: 78650675892     PISSN: 19762283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5009/gnl.2010.4.4.518     Document Type: Article

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