Mediastinal teratoma: CT differentiation of ruptured and unruptured tumors

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 591-594

  Choi, Soo Jung ^a   Lee, Jin Seong ^a   Song, Koun Sik ^a   Lim, Tae Hwan ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST RUPTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOMA;

EID: 0031723827     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.171.3.9725279     Document Type: Article

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