Does the presence of focal normal marrow fat signal within a tumor on MRI exclude malignancy? An analysis of 184 histologically proven tumors of the pelvic and appendicular skeleton

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 797-804

  Simpfendorfer, C S ^a   Ilaslan, H ^a   Davies, A M ^b   James, S L ^b   Obuchowski, N A ^a   Sundaram, M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ROYAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Long bones; Marrow fat; MRI; Pelvis; T1

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ANEURYSMAL BONE CYST; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BONE MARROW; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LONG BONE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RELIABILITY; TIBIA; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; BONE MARROW; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PELVIC BONES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 48549103305     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-008-0523-7     Document Type: Article

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