Early neuroimaging findings of glioblastoma mimicking non-neoplastic cerebral lesion - Two case reports

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 424-427

  Jung, Tae Young ^a   Jung, Shin ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital and Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Glioblastoma; Infarction; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TUMOR GROWTH;

BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 35148815744     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.47.424     Document Type: Article

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