Retrorectal tumors in adults: Magnetic resonance imaging findings

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 46, 2010, Pages 5822-5829

  Yang, Bo Lin ^a   Gu, Yun Fei ^a   Shao, Wan Jin ^a   Chen, Hong Jin ^a   Sun, Gui Dong ^a   Jin, Hei Ying ^b   Zhu, Xin ^a  

^a AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Congenital cyst; Diagnosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Malignant tumor; Presacral lesions; Retrorectal tumor

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDERMOID CYST; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECTUM TUMOR;

EID: 78650619509     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i46.5822     Document Type: Article

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