Diagnosis of Inguinal Lymph Node Metastases Using Contrast Enhanced High Resolution MR Lymphangiography

Academic Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 218-223

  Liu, Ningfei ^a   Yan, Zhixin ^a   Lu, Qing ^b   Wang, Chenguang ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Inguinal lymph node metastasis; Malignant lymphedema; MR lymphangiography

Indexed keywords

GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY; LYMPHEDEMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEGLUMINE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84873523214     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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