A practical approach to the ultrasound characterization of adnexal masses

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 87-105

  Brown, Douglas L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adnexa; Cancer; Doppler; Neoplasm; Ovary

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; BENIGN TUMOR; BLEEDING; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; HUMAN; HYDROSALPINX; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY TUMOR; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID TUMOR; TERATOMA; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; UTERINE TUBE CARCINOMA;

ADNEXAL DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 34249807873     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ruq.0000263849.45926.cb     Document Type: Review

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