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Edema is not a reliable diagnostic sign to exclude small brain metastases

No prior systematic study on the extent of vasogenic edema (VE) in patients with brain metastases (BM) exists. Here, we aim to determine 1) the general volumetric relationship between BM and VE, 2) a threshold diameter above which a BM shows VE, and 3) the influence of the primary tumor and location...

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Autores principales: Schneider, Tanja, Kuhne, Jan Felix, Bittrich, Paul, Schroeder, Julian, Magnus, Tim, Mohme, Malte, Grosser, Malte, Schoen, Gerhard, Fiehler, Jens, Siemonsen, Susanne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5426632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28493907
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177217