Large intra-cardiac benign fibrous tumour presenting in an adult patient identified using MRI

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 637-640

  Agrawal, S K B ^a   Rakhit, D J ^a   Livesey, S ^a   Pontefract, D ^a   Harden, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROMA; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; FIBROMA; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; METHODOLOGY;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FIBROMA; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 65649117012     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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