Uterine sarcomas versus leiomyomas: Gray-scale and Doppler sonographic findings

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-13

  Aviram, Rami ^a,c   Ochshorn, Yifat ^b   Markovitch, Ofer ^a   Fishman, Ami ^a,c   Cohen, Ilan ^a,c   Altaras, Marco M ^a,c   Tepper, Ron ^a,c  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Leiomyoma; Leiomyosarcoma; Malignant mixed mesodermal tumor; Ultrasonography; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT MIXED MESODERMAL TUMOR; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MIXED TUMOR; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS SARCOMA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 10944250425     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20075     Document Type: Article

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