Epithelioid angiomyolipoma: Imaging appearances

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 984, 2009, Pages

  Bharwani, N ^a   Christmas, T J ^a   Jameson, C ^a   Moat, N ^b   Sohaib, S A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HORSESHOE KIDNEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOCYTOMA; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RENAL VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 71549167007     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/27259024     Document Type: Article

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