Primary mediastinal lymphoma: Characteristic features of the various histological subtypes on CT

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 782-789

  Tateishi, Ukihide ^a   Müller, Nestor L ^a,b   Johkoh, Takeshi ^c   Onishi, Yasushi ^d   Arai, Yasuaki ^a   Satake, Mitsuo ^a   Matsuno, Yoshihiro ^a   Tobinai, Kensei ^d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Malignant lymphoma; Mediastinal tumor

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT-SCAN; DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA; HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA; LOBULATIONS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS; MEDIASTINAL TUMOR; MORPHO-LOGICS; PATHOLOGIC DIAGNOSIS;

T-CELLS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOBLASTOMA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM CANCER; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 8444245602     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200411000-00009     Document Type: Article

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