Lipomas, Lipoma Variants, and Well-Differentiated Liposarcomas (Atypical Lipomas): Results of MRI Evaluations of 126 Consecutive Fatty Masses

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 733-739

  Gaskin, Cree M ^a   Helms, Clyde A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANGIOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER THERAPY; CHONDROID LIPOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIBERNOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEIOMYOMA; LIMB; LIPOLEIOMYOMA; LIPOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 1442280967     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.182.3.1820733     Document Type: Article

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