MRI Findings in Lymphomatosis Cerebri: Description of a Case and Revision of the Literature

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Raz, Eytan ^a   Tinelli, Emanuele ^a   Antonelli, Manila ^a   Canevelli, Marco ^a   Fiorelli, Marco ^a   Bozzao, Luigi ^a   Di Piero, Vittorio ^a   Caramia, Francesca ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lymhomatosis cerebri; Lymphoma; MRI

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOMATOSIS; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 79953045960     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2010.00477.x     Document Type: Article

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