Imaging of gynecological disease (3): Clinical and ultrasound characteristics of granulosa cell tumors of the ovary

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 450-456

  Van Holsbeke, C ^a,b   Domali, E ^a   Holland, T K ^d   Achten, R ^c   Testa, A C ^e   Valentin, L ^f   Jurkovic, D ^d   Moerman, P ^a   Timmerman, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c VIRGA JESSE HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Granulosa cell tumor; Ovarian neoplasm; Rare diseases; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OVARY CYST; PAIN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TUMOR BLEEDING; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VAGINA BLEEDING; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FACTUAL DATABASE; MENORRHAGIA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; MENORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 49849105492     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5279     Document Type: Article

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