Giant ranula of the neck: Differentiation from cystic hygroma

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 757-761

  Macdonald, Andre J ^a   Salzman, Karen L ^b   Harnsberger, H Ric ^b  

^a Section of Neuroradiology   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGROMA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MUCOCELE; NECK CYST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LYMPHANGIOMA, CYSTIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; RANULA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037392075     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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