MR imaging findings of adenomyosis: Correlation with histopathologic features and diagnostic pitfalls

Radiographics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-40

  Tamai, Ken ^a,b   Togashi, Kaori ^b   Ito, Tsuyoshi ^a   Morisawa, Nobuko ^a   Fujiwara, Toshitaka ^b   Koyama, Takashi ^c  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DANAZOL; GONADORELIN;

ADENOMATOID TUMOR; ADENOMYOMA; ADENOMYOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEIOMYOMA; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY CANCER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR GROWTH; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 13244259615     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.251045060     Document Type: Review

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