Characterization of pediatric head and neck masses with diffusion-weighted MR imaging

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 201-208

  Abdel Razek, Ahmed Abdel Khalek ^a   Gaballa, Gada ^a   Elhawarey, Galal ^a   Megahed, Abdel Salam ^a   Hafez, Mona ^a   Nada, Nadia ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted MRI; Head and neck masses; Infants and children

Indexed keywords

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BRANCHIOGENIC CYST; CHILD; CYST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ESTHESIONEUROBLASTOMA; FEMALE; FIBROMA; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHANGIOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEUROFIBROMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; RHINOSCLEROMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID TUMOR; TERATOMA; THORNWALDT CYST; THYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; VEIN MALFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 59349106152     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1123-6     Document Type: Article

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