Systematic approach to tumors and tumor-like conditions of soft tissue

Diagnostic Imaging of Musculoskeletal Diseases: A Systematic Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 313-349

  Miller, Theodore T ^a   Sofka, Carolyn M ^a   Zhang, Paul ^b   Khurana, Jasvir S ^c,d  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Arterivenous malformation; Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP); Desmoid; Dynamic contrast enhancement; Elastofibroma; Extended field of view sonography; Fibrohistiocytic; Fibromatosis; Fibrosarcoma; Ganglion cyst; Glomus; Hemangioendothelioma; Hemangioma; Hematoma; Lipoma; Liposarcoma; Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST); Myositis ossificans; Myxoma; Neurofibroma; Nodular fasciitis; Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS); Positron emission tomography (PET); Resistive index; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Schwannoma; Standardized uptake value (SUV); Synovial sarcoma; World Health Organization (WHO)

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255131694     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-355-4_8     Document Type: Chapter

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