Magnetic resonance imaging findings of a nonfunctional mediastinal paraganglioma with an unusual presentation

European Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1114-1116

  Sahin Akyar G ^a,b   Erden, I ^a   Yagci C ^a   Akyar, S ^a   Erekul, S ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

CT MR imaging; Mediastinum; Paraganglioma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAGANGLIOMA; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; PARAGANGLIOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030629829     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050264     Document Type: Article

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