Diagnosis of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma using contrast-enhanced harmonic gray-scale imaging with enhancement agents (Levovist): Correlation with helical CT and US angiography

Koji Hara1, Kazushi Numata1, Katsuaki Tanaka1,2, Satoru Saito1, Manabu Morimoto2, Masanori Ikeda1, Shigeru Iwase1, Shuhei Matsumoto1, Hideo Yonezawa3, Takeshi Kubota4, Hisahiko Sekihara1
1Third Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University of Medicine, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan
2Gastroenterologica Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan
3Clinical Laboratory, Yokohama City University of Medicine, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan
4Second Department of Surgery, Yokohama City University of Medicine, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan

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