Imaging of the unusual pediatric 'blastomas'

Cancer Imaging

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Papaioannou, Georgia ^a,b   Sebire, Neil J ^a   McHugh, Kieran ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MITERA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blastomas; Child; Diagnostic imaging

Indexed keywords

BLASTOMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHONDROBLASTOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; FOLLOW UP; GONADOBLASTOMA; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIPOBLASTOMA; LUNG BLASTOMA; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOBLASTOMA; PANCREAS TUMOR; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SOLID TUMOR; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE TUMOR; BRAIN TUMOR; FEMALE; INFANT; LIPOMA; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; THORAX TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; BONE NEOPLASMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHONDROBLASTOMA; FEMALE; GONADOBLASTOMA; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIPOMA; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; OSTEOBLASTOMA; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PINEAL GLAND; PINEALOMA; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63449125765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14707330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2009.0001     Document Type: Review

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