Sonographic findings in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1 and a gastrointestinal stromal tumor

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 274-278

  Girtler, Marie Theres ^a   De Zordo, Tobias ^a,b   Romagnoli, Cesare ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST); Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1); Ultrasound (US)

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTESTINE TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SMALL INTESTINE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 77952682104     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20666     Document Type: Article

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