Rectus abdominis endometriosis: A report of two cases

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 78, Issue 925, 2005, Pages 68-71

  Coeman, V ^a   Sciot, R ^a   Van Breuseghem, Iwan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; BIOPSY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCULAR DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 14944346720     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/28183033     Document Type: Article

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