Cystic metastasis versus brain abscess: Role of MR imaging in accurate diagnosis and implications on treatment

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 356-358

  Shetty, Prakash ^a   Moiyadi, Aliasgar ^a   Pantvaidya, Gouri ^a   Arya, Supreeta ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebral abscess; diffusion weighted MRI; intracranial cystic metastasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROIMAGING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT DURATION;

BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 78650141060     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 19984138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.73368     Document Type: Article

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