Mucocele of the vermiform appendix with sonographic appearance of an adnexal mass

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 162-164

  Dragoumis, K ^a   Mikos, T ^a,b   Zafrakas, M ^a   Assimakopoulos, E ^a   Venizelos, I ^a   Demertzidis, H ^a   Bontis, J ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adnexal mass; Appendix; Mucocele

Indexed keywords

AGED; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; HUMAN; MUCOCELE; MUCUS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADNEXAL DISEASES; AGED; APPENDIX; CA-125 ANTIGEN; CECAL DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUCOCELE;

EID: 17844370004     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083680     Document Type: Article

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