Cross-sectional imaging of the pelvic tumors and tumor-like lesions in gynecologic patients-misinterpretation points and differential diagnosis

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 296-302

  Padovan, Ranka Stern ^a   Kralik, Marko ^a   Prutki, Maja ^a   Hrabak, Maja ^a   Oberman, Bozidar ^a   Potocki, Kristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Gynecology; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pelvic neoplasms; Spiral computed tomography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETISM; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; RESONANCE; TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT); CROSS-SECTIONAL IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELSEVIER (CO); LYMPH NODE (LN); MAGNETIC (CE); OVARIAN TUMORS; POST-IRRADIATION; RECURRENT TUMORS; TORSION (IGC: D7);

TUMORS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC CARE; HEMATOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY TUMOR; PELVIS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 46049091342     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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