The value of magnetic resonance imaging in the differentiation between malignant peripheral nerve-sheath tumors and non-neurogenic malignant soft-tissue tumors

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 745-753

  Van Herendael, Bruno H ^a   Heyman, S R G ^a   Vanhoenacker, F M ^a   De Temmerman, G ^b   Bloem, J L ^b   Parizel, P M ^a   De Schepper, A M ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Malignant; MRI; Neurogenic; Radiography; Tumor

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM CHELATE;

CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; LYMPHANGITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; STANDARDIZATION; TUMOR NECROSIS;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33748266461     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-006-0160-y     Document Type: Review

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