Differential diagnosis of benign peripheral lipoma from well-differentiated liposarcoma on MR imaging: Is comparison of margins and internal characteristics useful?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1689-1694

  Ohguri, Takayuki ^a   Aoki, Takatoshi ^a   Hisaoka, Masanori ^a   Watanabe, Hideyuki ^a   Nakamura, Katsumi ^a   Hashimoto, Hiroshi ^a   Nakamura, Toshitaka ^a   Nakata, Hajime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0038512033     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.6.1801689     Document Type: Article

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