Diagnosis of endometriosis with imaging: A review

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 285-298

  Kinkel, Karen ^a   Frei, Kathrin A ^b   Balleyguier, Corinne ^c   Chapron, Charles ^d  

^a Institut de Radiologie   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^d CHU Cochin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Magnetic Resonance, comparative studies; Ovary, cysts; Pelvis, MR; Ultrasound, comparative studies

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CORPUS LUTEUM; CYSTADENOMA; DEFECATION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FIBROMA; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY ABSCESS; OVARY CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERATOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

BROAD LIGAMENT; COLON, SIGMOID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URINARY BLADDER; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 31444451333     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-2882-y     Document Type: Review

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