High-resolution sonography of the rib: Can fracture and metastasis be differentiated?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 969-974

  Paik, Sang Hyun ^a   Chung, Myung Jin ^b   Park, Jai Soung ^a   Goo, Jin Mo ^c   Im, Jung Gi ^c  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DESTRUCTION; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CALLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST RUPTURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RIB; SCINTISCANNING; THORAX TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RIB FRACTURES; RIBS; THORACIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 16244409798     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.184.3.01840969     Document Type: Article

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