Hepatobiliary oncologic emergencies: Imaging appearances and therapeutic options

Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 113-126

  Kogut, Matthew J ^a,b   Bastawrous, Sarah ^a,b   Padia, Siddharth ^a   Bhargava, Puneet ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARAGINASE; CISPLATIN; CYTARABINE; ERLOTINIB; GEMCITABINE; IFOSFAMIDE; LENALIDOMIDE; NAVELBINE; OXALIPLATIN; PACLITAXEL; PRINOMASTAT; RETINOIC ACID; SEMAXANIB; SORAFENIB; SUNITINIB; THALIDOMIDE; YTTRIUM 90;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY CARE; GALLBLADDER PERFORATION; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM CANCER; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; LETHALITY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; METASTATIC COLORECTAL CANCER; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREATITIS; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR BLEEDING; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CHOLANGITIS; COLONOSCOPY; DRAINAGE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84878136277     PISSN: 03630188     EISSN: 15356302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2012.08.003     Document Type: Review

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