Spontaneous detorsion of ovary: Can it be diagnosed by MRI?

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 880-885

  Ghossain, Michel A ^a   Hachem, Kamal ^a   Aoun, Noël J ^a   Haddad Zebouni, Soha ^a   Mansour, Fersan ^a   Suidan, Joseph S ^a   Abboud, Joseph ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Adnexal torsion; CT; MR; Ovarian torsion; Spontaneous detorsion; US

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAPAROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY TORSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS DETORSION; STROMA; T2 WEIGHTED IMAGING; TORSION; UTERINE TUBE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIAN DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TORSION; TORSION ABNORMALITY;

EID: 33749640663     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20711     Document Type: Article

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