Kikuchi disease: Differentiation from tuberculous lymphadenitis based on patterns of nodal necrosis on CT

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-140

  Lee, S ^a   Yoo, Jeong Hyun ^a   Lee, S W ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NECROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTIC NECROTIZING LYMPHADENITIS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862956105     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2724     Document Type: Article

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