Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Sinonasal Cavity: MR Imaging Evaluation

Radiographics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1101-1110

  Yousem, David M ^a   Li, Cheng ^a   Montone, Kathleen T ^a   Montgomery, Linda ^a   Loevner, Laurie A ^a   Rao, Vijay ^b   Chung, Tae Sub ^c   Kimura, Yasuyuki ^d   Hayden, Richard E ^a   Weinstein, Gregory S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gadolinium, 23.12143, 261.12143; Melanoma, 23.371, 261.371; Nose, neoplasms, 261.371 paranasal sinuses, neoplasms, 23.371

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; MEGLUMINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PENTETIC ACID;

AGED; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLA SINUS CANCER; MAXILLARY SINUS; MELANOMA; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MAXILLARY SINUS NEOPLASMS; MEGLUMINE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; NASAL CAVITY; NEOPLASM STAGING; NOSE NEOPLASMS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PENTETIC ACID;

EID: 0030226246     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.16.5.8888393     Document Type: Article

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