CT and MRI findings of mucin-containing tumors and pseudotumors of the thorax: Pictorial review

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 181-189

  Gaeta, Michele ^a   Vinci, Sergio ^a   Minutoli, Fabio ^a   Mazziotti, Silvio ^a,b   Ascenti, Giorgio ^a   Salamone, Ignazio ^a   Lamberto, Salvatore ^a   Blandino, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

CT; Lung; MR imaging; Mucin

Indexed keywords

MUCIN; PROTEIN; WATER;

BRONCHUS MUCUS; BRONCHUS TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PSEUDOTUMOR; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RELAXATION TIME; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THORAX TUMOR; WATER ABSORPTION; ADULT; AGED; COLLOID CARCINOMA; FEMALE; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CYST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCUS; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, BRONCHIOLO-ALVEOLAR; ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADULT; AGED; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; BRONCHOGENIC CYST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MUCUS; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036364044     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300100934     Document Type: Review

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