Decidualization of ovarian endometriosis during pregnancy mimicking malignancy: Report of three cases with a literature review

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 241-247

  Machida, Shizuo ^a   Matsubara, Shigeki ^a   Ohwada, Michitaka ^a   Ogoyama, Manabu ^a   Kuwata, Tomoyuki ^a   Watanabe, Takashi ^a   Izumi, Akio ^a   Suzuki, Mitsuaki ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decidualization; Excrescence; Ovarian endometriosis; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYST; DECIDUALIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYSTIC PAPILLARY EXCRESCENCE; LAPAROTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY ENDOMETRIOSIS; PREGNANCY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; DECIDUA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN CYSTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 47549084681     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000147171     Document Type: Article

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