Nonsuppressing normal thymus on chemical shift magnetic resonance imaging in a young woman

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Ackman, Jeanne B ^a   Mino Kenudson, Mari ^a   Morse, Christopher R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

chemical shift magnetic resonance imaging; nonsuppression; thymic hyperplasia; thymus; young women

Indexed keywords

METOPROLOL TARTRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STERNOTOMY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STERNOTOMY; SYNCOPE; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS GLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868301039     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: 15360237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e318249936a     Document Type: Article

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