Approaching the patient with an anterior mediastinal mass: A guide for radiologists

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages S110-S118

  Carter, Brett W ^a   Okumura, Meinoshin ^b   Detterbeck, Frank C ^c   Marom, Edith M ^a  

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

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior; CT; Mediastinum; MRI; PET

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR MEDIASTINAL MASS; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDIASTINUM MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84964312906     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000295     Document Type: Article

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