Differentiation between pediatric spinal arachnoid and epidermoid-dermoid cysts: Is diffusion-weighted MRI useful?

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 556-560

  Kukreja, Kamlesh ^a   Manzano, Glen ^b   Ragheb, John ^b   Medina, L Santiago ^a  

^a MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Children; Dermoid epidermoid; MRI; Spine

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EPIDERMOID CYST; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ARACHNOID; SPINAL CORD CYST; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TERATOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EPIDERMAL CYST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 34248659968     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0463-8     Document Type: Article

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