Giant cisterna chyli: MRI depiction with Gadolinium-DTPA enhancement

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-55

  Lee, K C Y ^a   Cassar Pullicino, V N ^a  

^a ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cisterna chyli; Contrast medium; Lymph; MRI

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE MALFORMATION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0034018524     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/crad.1999.0329     Document Type: Article

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