A case of cystic leiomyoma mimicking an ovarian malignancy

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 371-374

  Low, S C A ^a   Chong, C L ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Ovarian tumour; Sonography; Uterine leiomyoma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROTOMY; OVARY CANCER; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 3142781547     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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