Diffusion-weighted MR imaging improves diagnosis of CNS lymphomas. A report of four cases with common and uncommon imaging features

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-101

  Reiche, Werner ^a   Hagen, Thomas ^b   Schuchardt, Volker ^a   Billmann, Peter ^a  

^a Ortenauklinikum Lahr Ettenheim   (Germany)

^b Surgery for Radiology and Nuclearmedicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Cerebral lymphoma; Differential diagnosis; Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI); Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33845228053     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2006.03.007     Document Type: Article

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