Use of cross-sectional imaging in predicting surgical location of parotid neoplasms

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 315-319

  Divi, Vasu ^a,b   Fatt, Michael A ^a   Teknos, Theodoros N ^a   Mukherji, Suresh K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance; Neoplasms; Parotid gland

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; FORECASTING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SURGERY; TUMORS;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL IMAGING; CT-SCAN; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FACIAL NERVE; HEAD AND NECK; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; NEOPLASM; PAROTID GLANDS; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUES;

LOCATION;

ACINAR CELL CARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PAROTIDECTOMY; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROMANDIBULAR VEIN; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA; VEIN; WARTHIN TUMOR;

EID: 19544375958     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rct.0000161758.25130.34     Document Type: Review

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