Malignant fatty tumors: Classification, clinical course, imaging appearance and treatment

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 493-503

  Peterson, Jeffrey J ^a   Kransdorf, Mark J ^a   Bancroft, Laura W ^a   O'Connor, Mary I ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Gadolinium; Liposarcoma; Magnetic resonance; Neoplasm; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIPOSARCOMA; MYXOSARCOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

HUMANS; LIPOSARCOMA;

EID: 0141631760     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-003-0647-8     Document Type: Review

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