Imaging findings of expansile lesions of the thymus

Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-34

  Restrepo, Carlos S ^a   Pandit, Meenakshi ^a   Rojas, Isabel C ^a   Villamil, Miguel A ^a   Gordillo, Hernan ^a   Lemos, Diego ^a   Mastrogiovanni, Luciano ^a   Diethelm, Lisa ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMBRYO CELL; GERM CELL; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDIASTINUM MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMOMA; THYMUS CYST; THYMUS DISEASE; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; THYMUS LYMPHOMA;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDIASTINAL CYST; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THYMUS GLAND; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 12144279971     PISSN: 03630188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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