Accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging of inguinofemoral lymph nodes in vulval cancer

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1179-1183

  Singh, K ^a   Orakwue, C O ^a   Honest, H ^a   Balogun, M ^a   Lopez, C ^a   Luesley, D M ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test; Inguinal nodes; MRI; Vulval cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE SECTION; VULVA CANCER;

AGED; CARCINOMA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GROIN; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33745111475     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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