Differentiation of soft tissue benign and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors with magnetic resonance imaging

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-127

  Li, Chao Shiang ^a   Huang, Guo Shu ^b   Wu, Hong Da ^c   Chen, Wei Tsung ^a   Shih, Li Sun ^a   Lii, Jiunn Ming ^a   Duh, Shyi Jye ^a   Chen, Ran Chou ^a,d   Tu, Hsing Yang ^a   Chan, Wing P ^d,e  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fascicular sign; Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging; Peripheral nerve sheath tumor; Split fat sign; Target sign

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT;

FASCICULAR SIGN; PERIPHERAL NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; SPLIT FAT SIGN; TARGET SIGN;

TUMORS;

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS;

EID: 39649114561     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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