Deceptions in localizing extrahepatic right-upper-quadrant abdominal masses by CT
- 1 September 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Roentgen Ray Society in American Journal of Roentgenology
- Vol. 139 (3) , 501-504
- https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.139.3.501
Abstract
Eleven patients with various extrahepatic right-upper-quadrant lesions had findings on computed tomography (CT) that strongly suggested intrahepatic location. Diagnostic uncertainties on CT were caused by the large size of these masses (5-12 cm in diameter) and sparsity of retroperitoneal fat planes. Sonography depicted the true location of these lesions more clearly than CT. The complementary role of sonography is stressed.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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