Metastatic PEComa arising from renal angiomyolipoma: MRI findings

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 159-161

  El Jack, Amr K ^a   Tomaszewski, John E ^a   Haller, Daniel G ^a   Siegelman, Evan S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiomyolipoma; Melanocyte; MRI; PEComa; Perivascular epithelioid cell

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; HMB 45 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; EPITHELIOID CELL; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TUMOR; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; NEPHRECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITHELIOID CELLS; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 34547767508     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20947     Document Type: Article

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