Intracranial hemangiopericytomas: MR and CT features

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1365-1371

  Chiechi, Maria V ^a,c   Smirniotopoulos, James G ^a,b   Mena, Hernando ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, neoplasms; Hemangiopericytoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029819880     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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