Soft tissue tumors of the lower extremities

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 991-1011

  Bancroft, Laura W ^a   Peterson, Jeffrey J ^a   Kransdorf, Mark J ^a,b   Nomikos, George C ^b   Murphey, Mark D ^a,b,c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FIBROMATOSIS; GIANT CELL TUMOR; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEG; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PIGMENTED VILLONODULAR SYNOVITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TENDON SHEATH; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036759266     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-8389(02)00033-7     Document Type: Review

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