Carcinosarcoma of the uterus: MR findings

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 434-439

  Tanaka, Yumiko O ^a   Tsunoda, Hajime ^a   Minami, Rie ^a   Yoshikawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Minami, Manabu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinosarcoma; Malignant mixed epithelial and mesenchymal tumor; MR; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SIZE; CARCINOSARCOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MYOMETRIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERUS CARCINOMA; UTERUS SARCOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOSARCOMA; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 49049102299     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21469     Document Type: Article

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