MR imaging features of giant pre-sacral schwannomas: A report of four cases

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2365-2369

  Popuri, R ^a   Davies, A M ^a  

^a ROYAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MR imaging; Sacrum; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACRUM; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; ADULT; BENIGN TUMOR; BONE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALIGNANT NEURILEMOMA; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036725141     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-001-1234-9     Document Type: Article

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