Likelihood ratio of sonographic findings in discriminating hydrosalpinx from other adnexal masses

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1033-1038

  Patel, Maitray D ^a   Acord, Debra L ^a,b   Young, Scott W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b WESLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adnexal masses; Hydrosalpinx; Ovarian neoplasm; Pelvic imaging; Sonography; Women's imaging

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROSALPINX; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY TUMOR; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; CYST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STATISTICS; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

ADNEXAL DISEASES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33646917856     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.0091     Document Type: Article

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