Mesenteric involvement in neurofibromatosis type 1: CT and MRI findings in two cases

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 822-826

  Kosucu P ^a   Ahmetoglu A ^a   Cobanoglu U ^a   Dinc H ^a   Ozdemir O ^a   Gumele H R ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computer tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Malignant degeneration; Mesentery; Neurofibromatosis type 1; Plexiform neurofibroma

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTESTINE WALL; LAPAROTOMY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MESENTERY; MESOCOLON; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE;

EID: 0242362817     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-003-0040-z     Document Type: Article

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