Giant cardiac myxoma with malignant transfromed glandular structures

European Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2099-2102

  Eckhardt, Boris P ^a   Dommann Scherrer, Corina ^a   Stuckmann, Gerd ^a   Zollikofer, Christoph L ^a   Wentz, Klaus U ^a,b  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL WINTERTHUR   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT; Giant cardiac myxoma; Glandular structures; MR angiography; Tumor

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOTERIC ACID; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MYXOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0041826859     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-002-1663-0     Document Type: Article

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