Differential diagnosis of tumours of the minor salivary glands of the palate by computed tomography

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 16-21

  Kurabayashi, T ^a   Ida, M ^a   Yoshino, N ^a   Sasaki, T ^a   Ishii, J ^a   Ueda, M ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Palatal neoplasms; Salivary gland neoplasms; Salivary glands; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; JAW TUMOR; MAXILLA SINUS CANCER; MINOR SALIVA GLAND; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CALCINOSIS; CARCINOMA, ADENOID CYSTIC; CARCINOMA, MUCOEPIDERMOID; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MAXILLARY SINUS NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PALATAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; SALIVARY GLANDS, MINOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030622044     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600200     Document Type: Article

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