Extraorbital inflammatory pseudotumor of the head and neck: CT and MR findings in three patients

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1133-1139

  De Vuysere, Sofie ^a   Hermans, Robert ^a   Sciot, Raf ^a   Crevits, Ilse ^a   Marchal, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSEUDOTUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NECK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032725651     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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