MRI of soft-tissue masses: the relationship between lesion size, depth, and diagnosis

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 373-378

  Datir, A ^a   James, S L J ^b   Ali, K ^a   Lee, J ^a   Ahmad, M ^a   Saifuddin, A ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FASCIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIBROMA; GANGLION CYSTS; HEMANGIOMA; HISTIOCYTOMA, MALIGNANT FIBROUS; HUMANS; LIPOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOSITIS OSSIFICANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SARCOMA; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 39749108636     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.08.016     Document Type: Article

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