Burkitt's lymphoma with leptomeningeal metastasis: Demonstration by FDG-PET and MRI

European Journal of Radiology Extra

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Saini, Namita Singh ^a   Gujral, Giriraj Singh ^b   Tripathi, Madhvi ^a   Sharma, Rajnish ^a   Kumar, Pawan ^a   Saw, Sanjeev ^a   Mondal, Anupam ^a   Tripathi, Rajender P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^b BASE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Burkitt's lymphoma; Leptomeningeal metastases; MRI; PET CT

Indexed keywords

EID: 58649094675     PISSN: 15714675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrex.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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