Multilocular thymic cysts: Imaging features in children with human immunodeficiency virus infection

Radiology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 130-134

  Avila, Nilo A ^a   Mueller, Brigitta U ^b   Carrasquillo, Jorge A ^a   Udo Kontny, H ^b   Jaffe, Elaine S ^b   Pizzo, Philip A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS); Coccidiomycosis; Mediastinum, cysts; Pneumonitis, lymphocytic interstitial; Thymus, cysts

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THYMUS CYST;

EID: 0029814139     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.201.1.8816533     Document Type: Article

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