Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in cervical lymphadenopathy: report of three cases of patients with Bartonella henselae infection mimicking malignant disease.

Title:: Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in cervical lymphadenopathy: report of three cases of patients with Bartonella henselae infection mimicking malignant disease.
Document type:: Journal Article
Author(s):: Muenzel, D; Duetsch, S; Fauser, C; Slotta-Huspenina, J; Gaa, J; Rummeny, EJ; Holzapfel, K
Abstract:: Diffusion-weighted MR imaging is a potential technique for differentiation between benign and malignant lymph nodes. However, lympadenopathy caused by Bartonella henselae infection showes low ADC values in diffusion weighted MRI as typically seen in malignant disease.
Journal title abbreviation:: Acta Radiol
Year:: 2009
Journal volume:: 50
Journal issue:: 8
Pages contribution:: 914-6
Language:: eng
Fulltext / DOI:: doi:10.1080/02841850903061445
Pubmed ID:: http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19636985
Print-ISSN:: 0284-1851
TUM Institution:: Hals-Nasen-Ohrenklinik und Poliklinik; Institut für Allgemeine Pathologie und Pathologische Anatomie
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