Vaginal metastasis from uterine leiomyosarcoma: Magnetic resonance imaging features with pathological correlation

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 805-809

  Cantisani, Vito ^a,b   Mortele, Koenraad J ^a   Kalantari, Babak N ^a   Glickman, Jonathan N ^a   Tempany, Clare ^a   Silverman, Stuart G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Leiomyosarcoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Metastasis; Uterus; Vagina

Indexed keywords

MAGNETISM; PATHOLOGY; RESONANCE;

IMAGING FEATURES; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; METASTASIS; METASTATIC DISEASE; UTERUS; VAGINA;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UTERUS CANCER; VAGINA CANCER;

EID: 0042887136     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200309000-00020     Document Type: Article

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