Tumor Simulating Lesions on Cranial MR Imaging;Tumor-Simulierende Läsionen in der Kranialen MRT

RoFo Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rontgenstrahlen und der Bildgebenden Verfahren

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 302-312

  Harting, I ^a   Hartmann, M ^a   Sartor, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Intracranial mass lesion; Non neoplastic mass lesion; Space occupying lesion; Tumor simulating lesions

Indexed keywords

BRAIN LYMPHOMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPLASIA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MENINGIOMA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PITUITARY DISEASES; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 1642309378     PISSN: 14389029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-812744     Document Type: Review

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