MRI of uterine necrosis after uterine artery embolization for treatment of uterine leiomyomata

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 555-559

  Torigian, Drew A ^a   Siegelman, Evan S ^a   Terhune, Kyla P ^b   Butts, Samantha F ^a   Blasco, Luis ^a   Shlansky Goldberg, Richard D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS MYOMA; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; UTERUS; UTERUS CANCER; VASCULARIZATION;

EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 15944376931     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.184.2.01840555     Document Type: Article

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