Uterine smooth-muscle tumors with unusual growth patterns: Imaging with pathologic correlation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 246-255

  Cohen, Daniel T ^a,b   Oliva, Esther ^a   Hahn, Peter F ^a   Fuller Jr , Arlan F ^a   Lee, Susanna I ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Gynecologic imaging; Leiomyoma; Leiomyomatosis; MRI; Oncologic imaging; Sonography; Uterine cancer; Women's imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; LUNG NODULE; METASTASIS; MYOMECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERITONEUM CANCER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH; UTERUS CANCER; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS TUMOR;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SMOOTH MUSCLE TUMOR; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33845765252     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.1070     Document Type: Article

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