CT and MRI appearances of a thoracic chordoma

European Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1677-1679

  Murphy, J M ^a,c   Wallis, F ^a   Toland, J ^b   Toner, M ^a   Wilson, G F ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chordoma; CT; MRI; Posterior mediastinal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHORDOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; CHORDOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032254622     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050611     Document Type: Article

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