Clinical significance of endometrial fluid collections in asymptomatic postmenopausal women

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 513-515

  Zalel, Yaron ^a   Tepper, Ronnie ^a   Cohen, Ilan ^a   Goldberger, Shumuel ^a   Beyth, Yoram ^a  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carcinoma, endometrial; Endometrium, carcinoma; Endometrum, fluid collections; Menopause

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; GYNECOLOGY; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; TISSUE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ASYMPTOTIC POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN; ATROPIC ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIAL FLUID COLLECTIONS; ENDOMETRIAL MALIGNANCY; HISTOLOGY; SONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS; VAGINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHIC EVALUATION; WELL DIFFERENTIATED ADENOCARCINOMA;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM ATROPHY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POSTMENOPAUSE; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; THICKNESS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS FLUID;

EID: 0030201036     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1996.15.7.513     Document Type: Article

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