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Published in: European Radiology 9/2006

01-09-2006 | Hepatobiliary-Pancreas

Hepatocellular adenoma: findings at state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, computed tomography and pathologic analysis

Authors: Shahid M. Hussain, Indra C. van den Bos, Roy S. Dwarkasing, Jan-Willem Kuiper, Jan den Hollander

Published in: European Radiology | Issue 9/2006

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to describe the most recent concepts and pertinent findings of hepatocellular adenomas, including clinical presentation, gross pathology and histology, pathogenesis and transformation into hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and imaging findings at ultrasound (US), computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging.
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Metadata
Title
Hepatocellular adenoma: findings at state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, computed tomography and pathologic analysis
Authors
Shahid M. Hussain
Indra C. van den Bos
Roy S. Dwarkasing
Jan-Willem Kuiper
Jan den Hollander
Publication date
01-09-2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
European Radiology / Issue 9/2006
Print ISSN: 0938-7994
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1084
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-006-0292-4

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