Diagnosis, imaging and anatomical classification of uterine fibroids

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 627-642

  McLucas, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

classification; degeneration; leiomyoma

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADENOMYOSIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MYOMECTOMY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 44949124383     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2008.01.006     Document Type: Review

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