Primary solitary intracranial melanoma in the sylvian fissure: MR demonstration

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2002, Pages

  Kashiwagi, Nobuo ^a   Hirabuki, Norio ^b   Morino, Hideo ^a   Taki, Takuyu ^a   Yoshida, Wakako ^b   Nakamura, Hironobu ^b  

^a KANSAI ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leptomeningeal enhancement; Magnetic resonance imaging; Melanoma; Sylvian fissure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CANCER; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 10844245331     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-002-1372-8     Document Type: Article

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