MRI appearance of pulmonary Wegener's granulomatosis with concomitant splenic infarction

European Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 367-370

  Kalaitzoglou, I ^a,b   Drevelengas, A ^a   Palladas, P ^a   Asimaki, A ^a  

^a G PAPANICOLAOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Lung, abnormalities; Spleen, abnormalities; Spleen, infarction; Spleen, MRI; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BRONCHUS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPLEEN; SPLEEN INFARCTION; VASCULARIZATION; VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BRONCHI; CONTRAST MEDIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPLEEN; SPLENIC INFARCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0031612127     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050396     Document Type: Article

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