Endometrial and endocervical micro echogenic foci: Sonographic appearance with clinical and histologic correlation

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 583-590

  Duffield, Curtis ^a   Gerscovich, Eugenio O ^a   Gillen, Marijo A ^a   McGahan, John P ^a   Truskinovsky, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Echogenic foci; Endocervix; Endometrium; Microcalcifications; Sonography

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; DRUG THERAPY; HISTOLOGY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; TISSUE;

DILATION; HISTOPATHALOGY; MICROCALCIFICATIONS; PELVIC SONOGRAPHY;

ENDOCRINOLOGY;

ABORTION; CALCIFICATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CRYSTAL; CURETTAGE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAMINARIA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OSSIFICATION; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX;

EID: 17744364712     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.5.583     Document Type: Review

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