Retroperitoneal ancient schwannoma presenting as an adrenal incidentaloma: CT and MR findings

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1389-1393

  Inokuchi, Taku ^a   Takiuchi, Hidekazu ^a,b   Moriwaki, Yuji ^a   Ka, Tuneyoshi ^a   Takahashi, Sumio ^a   Tsutsumi, Zenta ^a   Shima, Hiroki ^a   Hirota, Seiichi ^a   Yamamoto, Tetsuya ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Nishinomiya Municipal Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal incidentaloma; Ancient schwannoma; CT; MRI; Retroperitoneum

Indexed keywords

6BETA IODOMETHYL 19 NORCHOLEST 5(10) EN 3BETA OL I 131; GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67;

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL SCINTISCANNING; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL CANCER;

ABDOMEN; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURILEMMOMA; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548808724     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2006.07.015     Document Type: Article

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