CT and MR imaging of extrahepatic fatty masses of the abdomen and pelvis: Techniques, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and pitfalls

Radiographics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-85

  Pereira, Jose M ^a   Sirlin, Claude B ^b   Pinto, Pedro S ^a   Casola, Giovanna ^b  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIPLOIC APPENDAGITIS; HIATUS HERNIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFARCTION; INFLAMMATION; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE INTUSSUSCEPTION; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOMA; LIPOMATOSIS; LIPOSARCOMA; MESENTERITIS; MESENTERY PANNICULITIS; MYELOLIPOMA; MYXOSARCOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OMENTUM INFARCTION; OVARY TERATOMA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; TERATOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 13244255765     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.251045074     Document Type: Review

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