Sonographic features of incidentally detected, small, nonpalpable ovarian dermoids

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 369-373

  Serafini, Giovanni ^a   Quadri, Pier Giorgio ^b   Gandolfo, Nicoletta G ^a   Gandolfo, Nicola ^c   Martinoli, Carlo ^c   Derchi, Lorenzo E ^c  

^a Ospedale di Pietra Ligure   (Italy)

^b Ospedale di Savona   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mature cystic teratoma; Nonpalpable; Ovary; Ovary, cysts; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OVARY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; TERATOMA; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERATOMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0032769143     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199909)27:7<369::AID-JCU2>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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