The reversed halo sign: Update and differential diagnosis

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1017, 2012, Pages 1226-1235

  Godoy, Myrna ^a   Viswanathan, C ^a   Marchiori, E ^b   Truong, M T ^a   Benveniste, M F ^a   Rossi, S ^c   Marom, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Centro de Diagnostico Dr Enrique Rossi   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIMORPHIC FUNGAL INFECTION; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG MYCOSIS; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVERSED HALO SIGN; REVIEW; SPECTRUM; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84866056427     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/54532316     Document Type: Review

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