Prevalence, extension and characteristics of fluid-fluid levels in bone and soft tissue tumors

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2644-2651

  Dyck, Pieter Van ^a,b   Vanhoenacker, F M ^a,b   Vogel, J ^c   Venstermans, C ^a   Kroon, H M ^c   Gielen, J ^a   Parizel, P M ^a   Bloem, J L ^c   Schepper, A M A ^c  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b AZ St Maarten ^*  (Belgium)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bone and soft tissue tumor; Fluid fluidlevels; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSMAL BONE CYST; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; BONE CYST; BONE TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CHONDROBLASTOMA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; FIBROUS DYSPLASIA; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOBLASTOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY FLUIDS; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34250885441     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0250-1     Document Type: Article

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