Imaging of carcinoma of the external auditory canal: A pictorial essay

Cancer Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 191-198

  Ong, Cheng K ^a   Pua, Uei ^b   Chong, Vincent F H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Computed tomography; External auditory canal; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EAR CANCER; EXTERNAL EAR CANAL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 55149104004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14707330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2008.0031     Document Type: Review

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