The Spectrum of Benign Esophageal Lesions: Imaging Findings

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 199-210

  Jang, Kyung Mi ^a   Lee, Kyung Soo ^a   Lee, Soon Jin ^a   Kim, Eun A ^a   Kim, Tae Sung ^a   Han, Daehee ^a   Shim, Young Mog ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Esophagus, abnormalities; Esophagus, CT; Esophagus, diseases; Esophagus, MR; Esophagus, neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036653575     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2002.3.3.199     Document Type: Article

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