Differentiation of benign and malignant adnexal masses: Value of a morphologic scoring system

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-212

  Topuz, S ^a,b   Saygili, H ^a   Akhan, S ^a   Yavuz, E ^a   Turfanda, A ^a   Berkman, S ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Erzurum Sitesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adnexal masses; Gray scale ultrasonography; Malignancy

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CYSTADENOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY CYST; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SCORING SYSTEM; TERATOMA; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADNEXAL DISEASES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 17444363443     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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