CT "invisible" lesion of the major salivary glands a diagnostic pitfall of contrast-enhanced CT

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 744-746

  Kei, P L ^a   Tan, T Y ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LETTER; MALE; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR;

ADENOMA, OXYPHILIC; ADENOMA, PLEOMORPHIC; ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOTHALAMIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALIVARY GLANDS; SIALADENITIS; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67349087263     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2009.02.015     Document Type: Letter

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