The presence of internal echoes of various amplitude in cystic lesions or fluid-filled anatomic structures have been explained by debris, fragmented blood clot, necrotic material, protein particles, or cholesterol crystals.' Previous reports have shown cholesterol crystals to be the source of diffus
Milk of calcium in a renal cyst: A sonolucent mass effect
β Scribed by Joshua A. Becker; Shirley Staiano
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1975
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 249 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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