Metastatic disease of the spine

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 627-632

  Andreula, Cosma ^a   Murrone, Mario ^b  

^a Anthea Hospital   (Italy)

^b Citta di Lecce Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Metastases; MR; Spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PAIN; CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MENINGEAL METASTASIS; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SPINE METASTASIS; SYMPTOM; VERTEBRA BODY;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 14844299323     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2627-3     Document Type: Article

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