Radiological Image Features of the Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor in Adults: A Systematic
Review
Cover letter:
19th. August, 2013
Clinical Neuroradiology
Dear Editor in Chief
On behalf of all the authors, I would like to ask you to consider our manuscript entitled ” Radiological
Image Features of the Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor in Adults: A Systematic Review” for
publication in Clinical Neuroradiology as an original research article. This study revealed radiological
image features of atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors in adults, which is extremely rare. We feel that
findings from this study will be of special interest to the readers of Clinical Neuroradiology.
Without wishing to take a liberty, my coauthors and I would like to suggest, as potential
referees, Dr. Masafumi Kanoto (Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yamagata University Faculty of
Medicine, Iida-Nishi 2-2-2, 990-9585, Yamagata, Japan. e-mail: mkanoto@med.id.yamagata-u.ac.jp, Tel.
+81-23-628-5386, Fax. +81-23-628-5389), Dr. Yuuki Toyoguchi (Department of Diagnostic Radiology,
Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, Iida-Nishi 2-2-2, 990-9585, Yamagata, Japan. e-mail:
c-elegans_0201g@mail.goo.ne.jp Tel. +81-23-628-5386, Fax. +81-23-628-5389), Prof. Takaaki Hosoya
(Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Iida-Nishi 2-2-2,
990-9585, Yamagata, Japan. e-mail: thosoya@med.id.yamagata-u.ac.jp, Tel. +81-23-628-5386, Fax.
(81)23-628-5389), Dr. Megumi Kuchiki (Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yamagata University
Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, Iida-Nishi 2-2-2, 990-9585, Yamagata, Japan. e-mail:
mkuchiki@med.id.yamagata-u.ac.jp, Tel. +81-23-628-5386, Fax. +81-23-628-5389) and Dr. Yukio Sugai
(Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Iida-Nishi 2-2-2,
990-9585, Yamagata, Japan. e-mail: ysugai@med.id.yamagata-u.ac.jp, Tel. +81-23-628-5386, Fax.
+81-23-628-5389).
This manuscript has not been published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. All
the authors have read the manuscript and have approved this submission. Financial support for this study
was provided by Grant-in-Aid from the Global COE program of the Japan Society for the Promotion of
Science. The authors report no conflicts of interest.
Sincerely,
Corresponding Author
Masafumi Kanoto M.D., Ph.D.
Dept. of Diagnostic Radiology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine
Iida-nishi, 2-2-2, Yamagata, 990-9585, JAPAN
e-mail: mkanoto@med.id.yamagata-u.ac.jp
Tel: +81-23-628-5386
Fax: +81-23-628-5389
1) This article is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
2) Any components of this article are not sent by mail.
3) All authors as follows participated in this study on this article.
Authors
Masafumi Kanoto M.D., Ph.D., Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yamagata University Faculty of
Medicine, Iida-Nishi 2-2-2, 990-9585, Yamagata, Japan. e-mail: mkanoto@med.id.yamagata-u.ac.jp, Tel.
+81-23-628-5386, Fax. +81-23-628-5389
Takaaki Hosoya M.D., Ph.D., Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yamagata University Faculty of
Medicine, Iida-Nishi 2-2-2, 990-9585, Yamagata, Japan. e-mail: thosoya@med.id.yamagata-u.ac.jp, Tel.
+81-23-628-5386, Fax. (81)23-628-5389
Yuuki Toyoguchi M.D., Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine,
Iida-Nishi 2-2-2, 990-9585, Yamagata, Japan. e-mail: c-elegans_0201g@mail.goo.ne.jp Tel.
+81-23-628-5386, Fax. +81-23-628-5389
Megumi Kuchiki M.D., Ph.D., Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yamagata University Faculty of
Medicine, Iida-Nishi 2-2-2, 990-9585, Yamagata, Japan. e-mail: mkuchiki@med.id.yamagata-u.ac.jp, Tel.
+81-23-628-5386, Fax. +81-23-628-5389
Yukio Sugai M.D.,Ph.D., Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine,
Iida-Nishi 2-2-2, 990-9585, Yamagata, Japan. e-mail: ysugai@med.id.yamagata-u.ac.jp, Tel.
+81-23-628-5386, Fax. +81-23-628-5389
4) This article was approved by all authors and this study was also approved by Yamagata university
ethics committee.
5) This article does not contain any conflict of interest for authors and our institute.