Postmortem computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in a case of terminal-stage small cell lung cancer: An experience of autopsy imaging in tumor-related death

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 84-87

  Ikeda, Go ^a   Yamamoto, Ryoo ^a   Suzuki, Masatsune ^a   Ishikawa, Hiroichi ^a   Kikuchi, Kazunori ^a   Shiotani, Seiji ^b  

^a Tsukuba Medical Center   (Japan)

^b TSUKUBA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsy imaging; Lung cancer; Postmortem computed tomography; Postmortem magnetic resonance imaging; Virtual autopsy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE COURSE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY TUMOR; SUDDEN DEATH; TUMOR GROWTH;

AUTOPSY; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38849090859     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: 18625274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-006-0104-4     Document Type: Article

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