Transvaginal sonographic features of peritoneal carcinomatosis

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 552-557

  Savelli, L ^a   De Iaco, P ^a   Ceccaroni, M ^a   Ghi, T ^a   Ceccarini, M ^a   Seracchioli, R ^a   Cacciatore, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Ovarian cancer; Peritoneal carcinomatosis; Peritoneum; Transvaginal sonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOOD VESSEL; CARCINOMATOUS PERITONITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM SEEDING; OMENTUM; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 27744442069     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2587     Document Type: Article

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