Imaging of thoracic lymphatic diseases

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1504-1513

  Raman, Siva P ^a   Pipavath, Sudhakar N J ^a   Raghu, Ganesh ^a   Schmidt, Rodney A ^a   Godwin, J David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Kaposi sarcoma; Lymphangiectasis; Lymphangiohemangioma; Lymphangioleiomyomatosis; Lymphangioma; Lymphatic dysplasia; Pulmonary lymphangiomatosis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMBRYOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; LYMPHANGIOHEMANGIOMA; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; LYMPHANGIOMA; LYMPHANGITIC CARCINOMATOSIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; LYMPHATIC TISSUE DYSPLASIA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY LYMPHANGIOMATOSIS; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX DISEASE; TRAUMATIC LYMPHATIC INJURY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THORACIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73449138451     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2532     Document Type: Review

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