Incidental pineal cysts in children who undergo 3-T MRI

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1577-1583

  Whitehead, Matthew T ^a,b   Oh, Christopher C ^a,b   Choudhri, Asim F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b LE BONHEUR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign lesion; Brain MRI; Children; Incidental findings; Pineal cyst

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CYST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY DISEASE; PINEAL CYST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PINEAL GLAND; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENNESSEE;

EID: 84891371224     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-013-2742-x     Document Type: Article

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