Carcinosarcoma of the uterus: radiologic-pathologic correlations with magnetic resonance imaging including diffusion-weighted imaging

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1446-1450

  Kato, Hiroki ^a   Kanematsu, Masayuki ^a,b   Furui, Tatsuro ^a   Imai, Atsushi ^a   Hirose, Yoshinobu ^a   Kondo, Hiroshi ^a   Goshima, Satoshi ^a   Tsuge, Yusuke ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinosarcoma; Diffusion weighted images; Magnetic resonance (MR); Uterus

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM SARCOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; UTERUS CARCINOSARCOMA; VAGINA BLEEDING;

AGED; CARCINOSARCOMA; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 55949108711     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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