Extraadrenal paragangliomas of the body: Imaging features

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 492-504

  Lee, Ki Yeol ^a   Oh, Yu Whan ^a   Noh, Hyung Jun ^a   Lee, Yu Jin ^a   Yong, Hwan Seok ^a   Kang, Eun Young ^a   Kim, Kyeong Ah ^a   Lee, Nam Joon ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body imaging; CT; MRI; Oncologic imaging; Paraganglioma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ANATOMY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CARNEY COMPLEX; CAROTID BODY TUMOR; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CHEMODECTOMA; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FAMILY HISTORY; GLOMUS TYMPANICUM TUMOR; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEADACHE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PALPITATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAGANGLIOMA; PARAGANGLION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SIPPLE SYNDROME; SWEATING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX TUMOR; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VAGUS NERVE; VON HIPPEL LINDAU DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAGANGLIOMA, EXTRA-ADRENAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746624711     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.0370     Document Type: Article

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