Foreign body granuloma simulating solid neoplasm on MR

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 269-272

  Karcnik, Teresa J ^a   Nazarian, Levon N ^a,b   Rao, Vijay M ^a   Gibbons Jr , George E ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign body granuloma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Postoperative

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINE DISEASE; THYROID GLAND;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM DTPA; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PENTETIC ACID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL FUSION; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030747767     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-7071(96)00025-3     Document Type: Article

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