MR imaging of meningeal carcinomatosis by systemic malignancy

Chinese Medical Sciences Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-40

  Ma, Lin ^a   Yu, Shengyuan ^a   Cai, Youquan ^a   Liang, Li ^a   Guo, Xinggao ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Meningeal neoplasms; Neoplasm metastasis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN ARACHNOID; BRAIN STEM; BREAST CARCINOMA; CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOPIA; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG CARCINOMA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MENINGEAL METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PIA MATER; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TINNITUS; VERTIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037356233     PISSN: 10019294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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