The varying faces of gall bladder carcinoma: Pictorial essay

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 494-500

  Lim, Kian Soon ^a   Peters, Cynthia C ^a   Kow, Alfred ^b   Tan, Cher Heng ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cancer; Computed tomography; Gallbladder; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER; IMAGING FEATURES; INCURABLE DISEASE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

DISEASES;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

CARCINOMA; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS;

EID: 84861905856     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ar.2012.110684     Document Type: Review

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