CT of thoracic lymph nodes. Part II: Diseases and pitfalls

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 79, Issue 948, 2006, Pages 999-1006

  Suwatanapongched, T ^a   Gierada, D S ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRANULOMATOSIS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMA; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846557307     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/82484604     Document Type: Review

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