MRI of intracranial chordomas. Extent of tumour and contrast enhancement: Criteria for differential diagnosis

Neuroradiology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 571-576

  Doucet, V ^a   Peretti Viton, P ^a   Figarella Branger, D ^a   Manera, L ^a   Salamon, G ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Chordoma, clivus; Differential diagnosis; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE TUMOR; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CHORDOMA; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030788115     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050469     Document Type: Article

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