Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of mediastinal tumors

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1325-1339

  Takahashi, Koji ^a   Al Janabi, Nabaa Jaba ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

cyst; germ cell tumor; malignant lymphoma; mediastinal tumor; MRI; thymic tumor

Indexed keywords

CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; GERM CELL TUMOR; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LUNG CYST; LYMPHOBLASTOMA; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIUM CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMINOMA; TERATOMA; THYMOMA; THYMUS CYST; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADULT; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; THYMUS GLAND; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78649663989     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22377     Document Type: Review

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