Meigs Syndrome Revisited

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 100-103

  Nemeth, Alexander J ^a   Patel, Suresh K ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascites; Benign ovarian tumors; Computed tomography; Meigs syndrome; Ovarian fibroma; Pleural effusion; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FIBROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; OVARY CARCINOMA; PELVIS; PLEURA FLUID; THECOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FIBROMA; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROMA; HUMANS; MEIGS SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0142090563     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-200304000-00009     Document Type: Article

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