MRI features in the differentiation of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors and neurofibromas

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1568-1574

  Wasa, Junji ^a   Nishida, Yoshihiro ^a   Tsukushi, Satoshi ^a   Shido, Yoji ^a   Sugiura, Hideshi ^b   Nakashima, Hiroatsu ^b   Ishiguro, Naoki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors; MRI; Neurofibroma; Neurofibromatosis 1

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77953260472     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2724     Document Type: Article

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