Primary malignant melanoma of the anterior mediastinum: CT and MR findings

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-60

  Takao, Hidemasa ^a   Shimizu, Seiichiro ^b   Doi, Ippei ^a   Watanabe, Toshiaki ^a  

^a Showa General Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Malignant melanoma; Mediastinum; Thorax

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EXTRATHORACIC PRIMARY; MALIGNANT MELANOMA; MEDIASTINUM; THORAX;

CELL CULTURE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37349114872     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2007.04.025     Document Type: Article

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