Contribution of contrast-enhanced sonography in the detection of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 215-220

  Kong, Wen Tao ^a   Wang, Wen Ping ^a   Zhang, Wei Wei ^b   Qiu, Yu Dong ^b   Ding, Hong ^a   Huang, Bei Jian ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced sonography; Enhancement pattern; Gastrointestinal ultrasound; Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma; Misdiagnosis

Indexed keywords

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CONTRAST-ENHANCED SONOGRAPHIES; DYNAMIC CHANGES; HISTOPATHOLOGIC DIAGNOSIS; MEAN AGES; MICROBUBBLE CONTRAST AGENTS; MISDIAGNOSIS;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST AGENT BR1; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CONTRAST-ENHANCED SONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOGRAPHY; ENHANCEMENT PATTERN; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CONTRAST-ENHANCED SONOGRAPHY; ENHANCEMENT PATTERN; GASTROINTESTINAL ULTRASOUND; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; MISDIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84893556202     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.33.2.215     Document Type: Article

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