Fractional curettage, hysteroscopy and imaging techniques: Transvaginal sonography (TVS), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) in the diagnosis of cervical canal involvement in cases of endometrial carcinoma

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 561-564

  Kietlinska Z ^a   Stclmachow J ^a   Antczak Judycka, A ^a   Timorek, A ^a   Sawicki, W ^a   Tyminska B ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cervical involvement; CT; Endometrial carcinoma; Fractional curettage; Hysteroscopy; MRI; TVS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032440769     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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