Endometriosis mimicking soft tissue tumors: Diagnosis and treatment

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 168-170

  Marinis, A ^a   Vassiliou, J ^a   Kannas, D ^a   Theodosopoulos, T K ^a   Kondi Pafiti, A ^a   Kairi, E ^a   Smyrniotis, V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Extragenital

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGUINAL CANAL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33646007601     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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