Imaging of focal amyloid depositions in the head, neck, and spine: Amyloidoma

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1165-1170

  Parmar, Hemant ^a   Rath, T ^a   Castillo, M ^b   Gandhi, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M;

AMYLOIDOSIS; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORBIT TUMOR; REVIEW; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SPINE TUMOR;

AMYLOIDOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEAD; HUMANS; NECK; PLAQUE, AMYLOID; SPINE;

EID: 77955614010     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1977     Document Type: Review

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