The 'lead vessel': A vascular ultrasound feature of metastasis in the ovaries

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 218-221

  Testa, A C ^a   Mancari, R ^a   Di Legge, A ^a   Mascilini, F ^b   Salutari, V ^a   Scambia, G ^a   Ferrandina, G ^a,c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Metastatic; Ovarian neoplasms; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERFORATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEAD VESSEL; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY METASTASIS; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PULSATILE FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED;

EID: 54549111301     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5251     Document Type: Article

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