Benign and malignant soft tissue mass: Magnetic resonance imaging criteria for discrimination

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-81

  Kalayanarooj, Siripan ^a,b  

^a RANGSIT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b RAJAVITHI HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Benign; Malignant; MRI criteria; Soft tissue mass

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIPOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; TUMOR BLEEDING; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 39349099315     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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