Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 6 , Pages 453-457 , November 2010

MRI features of lipoblastoma: differentiating from other palpable lipomatous tumor in pediatric patients

  • Chun-Wen Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Taichung Armed Forces General Hospital, Taichung 241, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Department of Radiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325, Section 2, Cheng-Gong Road, Nei-Hu, Taipei 114, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • Wei-Chou Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325, Section 2, Cheng-Gong Road, Nei-Hu, Taipei 114, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • Herng-Sheng Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325, Section 2, Cheng-Gong Road, Nei-Hu, Taipei 114, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • Kai-Hsiung Ko

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325, Section 2, Cheng-Gong Road, Nei-Hu, Taipei 114, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • Chen-Chu Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Taichung Armed Forces General Hospital, Taichung 241, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • Guo-Shu Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325, Section 2, Cheng-Gong Road, Nei-Hu, Taipei 114, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325, Section 2, Cheng-Gong Road, Nei-Hu, Taipei 114, Taiwan, Republic of China. Tel.: +886 2 87927244; fax: +886 2 87927245.

Received 18 August 2009 ,Accepted 2 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.11.009

Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 6 , Pages 453-457 , November 2010

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