Imaging of benign solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura: A pictorial essay

Rare Tumors

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-4

  Cardinale, Luciano ^a   Ardissone, Francesco ^a   Garetto, Irene ^a   Marci, Valerio ^a   Volpicelli, Giovanni ^b   Solitro, Federica ^a   Fava, Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b SAN LUIGI GONZAGA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Pleura; Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura; Tumor; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA TUMOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR CALCINOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 77953705201     PISSN: 20363605     EISSN: 20363613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/rt.2010.e1     Document Type: Article

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