Use of morphology to characterize and manage common adnexal masses

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-89

  Valentin, Lil ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adnexal tumours; Ovarian tumours; Pattern recognition; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; BENIGN TUMOR; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROSALPINX; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OVARY CYST; PELVIS TUMOR; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERATOMA; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 1542286171     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2003.10.002     Document Type: Review

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