Differential diagnosis of adnexal masses: Risk of malignancy index, ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging, and radioimmunoscintigraphy

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-67

  Van Trappen, P O ^a   Rufford, B D ^a   Mills, T D ^a   Sohaib, S A ^a   Webb, J A W ^a   Sahdev, A ^a   Carroll, M J ^a   Britton, K E ^a   Reznek, R H ^a   Jacobs, I J ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adnexal mass; MRI; Ovarian cancer; Risk of malignancy index; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADNEXA MASS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGING; IMMUNOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADNEXA UTERI; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, ADNEXAL AND SKIN APPENDAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33846785520     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00753.x     Document Type: Article

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