Deep retroperitoneal pelvic endometriosis: MR imaging appearance with laparoscopic correlation

Radiographics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1705-1718

  Del Frate, Chiara ^a   Girometti, Rossano ^a   Pittino, Marco ^b   Del Frate, Giovanni ^b   Bazzocchi, Massimo ^a   Zuiani, Chiara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b Ospedale di San Daniele del Friuli   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROPERITONEUM; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LAPAROSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PERITONEAL DISEASES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; STATISTICS;

EID: 34250327850     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.266065048     Document Type: Review

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