Natural history of sonographically detected simple unilocular adnexal cysts in asymptomatic postmenopausal women

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 965-969

  Castillo, Gerardo ^a   Alcázar, Juan Luis ^a   Jurado, Matías ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Menopause; Simple adnexal cyst; Sonography; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OVARY CARCINOMA; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 1342279504     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2003.11.029     Document Type: Article

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