Computed tomography and thymoma: Distinctive findings in invasive and noninvasive thymoma and predictive features of recurrence;Tomografia computerizzata e timoma: caratteristiche distintive tra forme invasive e non-invasive ed aspetti predittivi di recidiva

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-21

  Priola, A M ^a   Priola, S M ^a   Di Franco, M ^a   Cataldi, A ^a   Durando, S ^a   Fava, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Prognostic factors; Thymoma; Thymus; Tumour stage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYMOMA; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77949264845     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-009-0478-3     Document Type: Article

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