Decidualized endometrioma during pregnancy: Recognizing an imaging mimic of ovarian malignancy

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 555-558

  Poder, Liina ^a   Coakley, Fergus V ^a   Rabban, Joseph T ^a   Goldstein, Ruth B ^a   Aziz, Seerat ^a   Chen, Lee May ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decidualization; Endometrioma; MRI; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

MAGNETISM; OBSTETRICS; RESONANCE; ULTRASONICS;

DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIOMA; EXPECTANT MANAGEMENT; OVARIAN CANCERS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVES; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; T2 WEIGHTED; WEIGHTED SEQUENCES; WILLIAMS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; DECIDUALIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIAL STROMAL TUMOR; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY CANCER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; UTERUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; OVARY; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 49149127107     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31814685ca     Document Type: Article

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