Torsion of a uterine leiomyoma: MRI features

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 360-362

  Marcotte Bloch, Cécile ^a   Novellas, Sébastien ^a   Buratti, Massimo Senni ^a   Caramella, Thomas ^a   Chevallier, Patrick ^a   Bruneton, Jean Noël ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

Author keywords

Emergency; Leiomyoma; MRI; Pelvic pain; Torsion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURGERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EMERGENCY; NECROBIOTIC LEIOMYOMA; PELVIC PAIN; URINARY BLADDER;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

GADOLINIUM CHELATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MYOMECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORSION; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TORSION ABNORMALITY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548418653     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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