MRI features of focal splenic lesions in patients with disseminated tuberculosis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1097-1102

  De Backer, Adelard I ^a,b   Vanhoenacker, Filip M ^a   Mortelé, Koenraad J ^c   Vanschoubroeck, Ilse J ^d   De Keulenaer, Bart L ^d,e   Parizel, Paul M ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Algemeen Ziekenhuis Sint Lucas Gent   (Belgium)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Ziekenhuisnetwerk Antwerpen ^*  (Belgium)

^e ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal imaging; MRI; Spleen; Splenomegaly; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE; MEGLUMINE IOXITALAMATE PLUS SODIUM IOXITALAMATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENOMEGALY; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, SPLENIC;

EID: 33646944862     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.0032     Document Type: Article

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