Intracranial metastatic mucinous adenocarcinoma with characteristic features on diffusion-weighted imaging and in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-132

  Guruprasad, Ashwathnarayan S ^a   Chandrashekar, Hoskote S ^a   Jayakumar, Peruvumba N ^a   Srikanth, Subbamma G ^a   Shankar, Susarla K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Abscess; Adenocarcinoma; Diffusion; Mucin

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE;

EID: 3843091738     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2004.01272.x     Document Type: Article

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