Pictorial essay. Spectrum of neurogenic tumors in the thorax: CT pathologic findings

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 399-406

  Lee, Ji Yeon ^a   Lee, Kyung Soo ^a   Han, Joungho ^a   Yoon, Hye Kyung ^a   Kim, Tae Sung ^a   Han, Bokyung Kim ^a   Kim, Jhingook ^a   Shim, Young Mog ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Nerves; Thorax

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HAEMORRAGE; NERVE; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROBLASTOMAS; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROGENIC TUMORS; SOFT-TISSUE MASS; SPECTRA'S; THORAX;

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GANGLIONEUROMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROGENIC TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX CANCER; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; ADULT; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX TUMOR;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, NERVE TISSUE; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033127097     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199905000-00014     Document Type: Article

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