Which extrauterine pelvic masses are difficult to correctly classify as benign or malignant on the basis of ultrasound findings and is there a way of making a correct diagnosis?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 438-444

  Valentin, L ^a   Ameye, L ^b   Jurkovic, D ^c   Metzger, U ^d   Lecuru F ^d   Van Huffel, S ^b   Timmerman, D ^e  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   (Belgium)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ovarian neoplasms; Pelvic neoplasms; Regression analysis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST FLUID; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MYOMA; PAPILLOMA; PELVIS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERATOMA; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADNEXA UTERI; ADNEXAL DISEASES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 33646712802     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2707     Document Type: Article

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