Torsion of a hyperstimulated ovary during pregnancy: A potentially difficult diagnosis

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 331-335

  Cornfeld, Daniel ^a   Scoutt, Leslie ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Female; Infertility; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome; Torsion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY PREGNANCY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TORSION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; TORSION ABNORMALITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34848830116     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-007-0607-z     Document Type: Article

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