Perineural tumor spread in malignant head and neck tumors

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 467-471

  Nemec, Stefan Franz ^a   Herneth, Andreas M ^a   Czerny, Christian ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Head and neck malignancies; MRI; Perineural tumor spread

Indexed keywords

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INFILTRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIAL NERVE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FACIAL NERVE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; INNERVATION; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MAXILLARY NERVE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; PERINEURIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPINAL NERVE;

CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 39849096626     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/rmr.0b013e3181645a0d     Document Type: Review

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