MRI and CT of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-18

  Abdel Razek, Ahmed Abdel Khalek ^a   King, Ann ^b  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cancer; Imaging; Lymph node; MRI; Nasopharynx

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; AMYLOIDOSIS; BONE NECROSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NOSE POLYP; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PHARYNX POLYP; PLASMACYTOMA; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RETROPHARYNGEAL LYMPH NODE; RETROPHARYNGEAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TRISMUS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84455181434     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.6954     Document Type: Review

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