Imaging findings of paediatric oncology patients presenting with acute neurological symptoms

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 589-603

  Chu, Winnie C W ^a   Lee, V ^a   Howard, R G ^a   Roebuck, D J ^b   Chik, K W ^a   Li, C K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Hospital for Children   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CNS; Complications; CT; Imaging; MR

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASPARAGINASE; CARMUSTINE; CISPLATIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTARABINE; METHOTREXATE; TACROLIMUS; THIOTEPA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TOXICITY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUTROPENIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEOPLASM; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0042351106     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9260(03)00129-6     Document Type: Review

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