Identification of inguinal lymph node metastases from vulval carcinoma by magnetic resonance imaging: An initial report

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 995-1000

  Hawnaur, J M ^a,b,c   Reynolds, K ^a,b,c   Wilson, G ^a,b,c   Hillier, V ^a,b,c   Kitchener, H C ^a,b,c  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inguinal lymph nodes; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Vulval cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INGUINAL REGION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VULVA CARCINOMA;

EID: 0036849376     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/crad.2002.1057     Document Type: Article

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