Usefulness of heavily T2 weighted magnetic resonance images for the differential diagnosis of parotid tumours

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 295-299

  Sakamoto, Maya ^a   Sasano, T ^a   Higano, S ^b   Takahashi, S ^b   Iikubo, M ^a   Kakehata, S ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; MRI; Neoplasm; Parotid tumour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; REVIEW; WARTHIN TUMOR; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LYMPHOMA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOLYMPHOMA; ADENOMA, PLEOMORPHIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, MUCOEPIDERMOID; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LYMPHOMA, MUCOSA-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1542320081     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/32387150     Document Type: Review

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