CT Findings of Surgically Resected Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Lung in 38 Patients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-91

  Oshiro, Yasuji ^a   Kusumoto, Masahiko ^b   Matsuno, Yoshihiro ^b   Asamura, Hisao ^b   Tsuchiya, Ryousuke ^b   Terasaki, Hiroshi ^c   Takei, Hidefumi ^b   Maeshima, Arafumi ^d   Murayama, Sadayuki ^a   Moriyama, Noriyuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 9144259302     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.182.1.1820087     Document Type: Article

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