Medulloblastoma: Atypical CT and MRI findings in children

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1254-1262

  Eran, Ayelet ^a   Ozturk, Arzu ^a   Aygun, Nafi ^a   Izbudak, Izlem ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Children; CT; Medulloblastoma; MRI

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954426620     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-009-1429-9     Document Type: Review

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