Abdominal tuberculous lymphadenopathy: MRI features

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2104-2109

  De Backer, Adelard I ^a   Mortele K J ^b   Deeren, D ^c,d   Vanschoubroeck, I J ^c   De Keulenaer, B L ^e  

^a Algemeen Ziekenhuis Sint Lucas Gent   (Belgium)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Lymph node; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GREATER OMENTUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OMENTUM; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; ADULT; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; MESENTERY; MIDDLE AGED; OMENTUM; RENAL VEINS; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 26044470913     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-2745-6     Document Type: Article

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