Role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in establishing the indication for, planning, and following up uterine artery embolization (UAE) for treating symptomatic leiomyomas of the uterus;Stellenwert der magnetresonanztomographie für indikationsstellung, interventionsplanung und nachsorge bei transarterieller embolisationsbehandlung des uterus myomatosus

Radiologe

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 624-633

  Kroncke T J ^a   Hamm, B ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Interventional radiology; Leiomyomas; Magnetic resonance imaging; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PELVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERUS TUMOR; VASCULARIZATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYPS; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0041689637     PISSN: 0033832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00117-003-0929-0     Document Type: Article

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