Imaging in gynecological disease (1): Ultrasound features of metastases in the ovaries differ depending on the origin of the primary tumor

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 505-511

  Testa, A C ^a   Ferrandina, G ^a   Timmerman, D ^d   Savelli, L ^b   Ludovisi, M ^a   Van Holsbeke, C ^d   Malaggese, M ^a   Scambia, G ^c   Valentin, L ^e  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Metastatic; Ovarian neoplasms; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPENDIX CANCER; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT CANCER; BREAST CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; OVARY CANCER; OVARY METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH CANCER; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; ULTRASOUND; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 34249744351     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.4020     Document Type: Article

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