Imaging of aberrant left gastric vein and associated pseudolesions of segments II and III of the liver and mimickers

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 105-110

  Unal, Emre ^a   Ozmen, Mustafa Nasuh ^a   Akata, Deniz ^a   Karcaaltincaba, Musturay ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY VEIN; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FATTY LIVER; HEPATOBILIARY RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING; LIVER FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; LIVER INJURY; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; STOMACH CANCER; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; TUMOR INVASION; VEIN MALFORMATION; ABNORMALITIES; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER VEIN; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PATHOLOGY; STOMACH; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; STOMACH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; VEINS;

EID: 84924750897     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5152/dir.2014.14360     Document Type: Article

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