Background. A staging laparotomy still is considered the gold standard to detect occult abdominal involvement in Hodgkin's disease. Computed tomography and ultrasound are routinely available for diagnostic imaging. To the authors' knowledge, the exact contribution of ultrasound for the staging of Ho
Correlation of lymphangiography, computed tomography, and laparotomy in the staging of Hodgkin's disease
β Scribed by Michael D. Sombeck; Nancy Price Mendenhall; Juri V. Kaude; Gladys M. Torres; Rodney R. Million
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 914 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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