The inguinal canal: Anatomy and imaging features of common and uncommon masses

Radiographics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 819-835

  Bhosale, Priya R ^a   Patnana, Madhavi ^a   Viswanathan, Chitra ^a   Szklaruk, Janio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL CANAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEAL DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DISEASES; RARE DISEASES;

EID: 45549101253     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.283075110     Document Type: Article

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