Imaging studies in patients with malignant melanoma in the female genital tract

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 506-509

  Takehara, M ^a   Saito, T ^a   Mizumoto, H ^a   Baba, T ^a   Tanaka, R ^a   Fujimoto, T ^a   Adachi, K ^a   Kudo, R ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gynecological lesion; Malignant melanoma; Melanin pigment; MRI

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; MELANIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELANOMA; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036741631     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1438.2002.01145.x     Document Type: Article

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