Differential diagnosis of primary malignant bone tumors in the spine and sacrum. The radiological and clinical spectrum: Minireview

Neoplasma

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-22

  Knoeller, S M ^a   Uhl, M ^a   Gahr, N ^a   Adler, C P ^a   Herget, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chondrosarcoma; Chordoma; Ewing's sarcoma; Lymphoma; Osteosarcoma; Plasmacytoma; Primary malignant bone tumors

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EWING SARCOMA; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LYMPHOMA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSARCOMA; PELVIS TUMOR; PLASMACYTOMA; PRIMARY TUMOR; SACRUM; SCINTIGRAPHY; SHORT SURVEY; SPINE TUMOR; TUMOR BIOPSY; BIOPSY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SACRUM; SARCOMA, EWING'S; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 48049087253     PISSN: 00282685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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