Transvaginal color Doppler ultrasonic characterization of benign and malignant ovarian cystic teratomas and comparison with serum squamous cell carcinoma antigen

Cancer

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2298-2304

  Emoto, Makoto ^a,b   Obama, Hirotsugu ^a   Horiuchi, Shinji ^a   Miyakawa, Takashi ^a   Kawarabayashi, Tatsuhiko ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Color Doppler ultrasound; Dermoid cyst; Mature cystic teratoma; Ovarian carcinoma; Peak systolic velocity; Pulsatility index; Resistance index; Serum SCC antigen; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY TERATOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SERPINS; TERATOMA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0034658194     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(20000515)88:10<2298::AID-CNCR14>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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