Uterus-like mass: MRI appearance of a very rare entity

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 162-164

  Menn, Kirsten A ^a   Qin, Lihui ^a   Fedoriw, George D ^a   Gillette, Mary E ^a   McCarthy, Shirley ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Yale University School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Masses; MRI of the pelvis; Neoplasms; Pelvis; Uterine masses; Uterus like mass

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAKTHROUGH BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYOMETRIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; UTERUS LIKE MASS; UTERUS TUMOR;

ADULT; BROAD LIGAMENT; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; UTERUS;

EID: 34547781144     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20974     Document Type: Article

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