Angiomyolipoma of the liver: Analysis of typical features and pitfalls based on own experience and literature

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 320-326

  Anysz Grodzicka, Agnieszka ^a   Pacho, Ryszard ^a   Grodzicki, Mariusz ^a   Koperski, Lukasz ^a   Górnicka, Barbara ^a   Cieszanowski, Andrzej ^a   Zieniewicz, Krzysztof ^a   Krawczyk, Marek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

CT; Hepatic angiomyolipoma; Hypervascular; Intralesional fat; MRI

Indexed keywords

ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOCHEMICAL STAININGS; HYPERVASCULAR; INTRALESIONAL FAT; THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TUMORS;

DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LIPOSARCOMA; LIVER ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84875261145     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: 18734499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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