Echogenic foci mimicking adenomyosis presumably due to air intravasation into the myometrium during sonohysterography

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-29

  Örs, Fatih ^a   Lev Toaff, Anna S ^b   Bergin, Diane ^b  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis; Ultrasonography; Uterus

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTMENOPAUSE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; EMBOLISM, AIR; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMETRIUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 33947095041     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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