Hemorrhagic brain metastases with high signal intensity on diffusion-weighted MR images: A case report

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 563-566

  Mori, Harushi ^a   Abe, O ^a   Aoki, S ^a   Masumoto, T ^a   Yoshikawa, T ^a   Kunimatsu, A ^a   Hayashi, N ^a   Ohtomo, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abscess; Brain; Diffusion weighted; Metastasis; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036827095     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0455.2002.430604.x     Document Type: Article

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