Polypoid endometriosis and other benign gynaecological complications associated with Tamoxifen therapy - A case to illustrate features on magnetic resonance imaging

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 198-201

  Kraft, Jeannette K ^a   Hughes, T ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; TAMOXIFEN;

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERITONEAL BIOPSY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN CYSTS; POLYPS; TAMOXIFEN;

EID: 31344477602     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2005.09.007     Document Type: Article

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