Pelvic pain, adnexal masses, and ultrasound

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 252-265

  Shwayder, James M ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Adnexal masses; Pelvic pain; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADNEXA DISEASE; CORPUS LUTEUM; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORPHOLOGY; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY TERATOMA; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS; ULTRASOUND;

ABSCESS; ADNEXA UTERI; ADNEXAL DISEASES; CARCINOMA; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; OVARIAN CYSTS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PELVIC PAIN; RISK FACTORS; TERATOMA;

EID: 44449089523     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1076144     Document Type: Review

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