Thoracic malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour mimicking a pleural tumour: A rare pedunculated appearance

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 578-581

  Komori, Masahiro ^a,b   Yabuuchi, Hidetake ^a   Kuroiwa, Toshiro ^a   Nagatoshi, Yoshihisa ^a   Ichinose, Yukito ^a   Hachitanda, Yoichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL KYUSHU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b Munakata Med Association Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

CT; Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour; MRI; Neoplasm primary; Nervous; Pleura; Thorax

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX DRAINAGE; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; THORACIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0041560065     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-003-0952-3     Document Type: Article

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