Imaging of benign adnexal masses: Characteristic presentations on ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-39

  Heilbrun, Marta E ^a   Olpin, Jeffery ^a   Shaaban, Akram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign adnexal mass; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FOLLITROPIN; GADOLINIUM; METHOTREXATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADNEXA DISEASE; BRENNER TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORPUS LUTEUM; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FIBROMA; FOLLICLE CYST; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HYDROSALPINX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIAN BLEEDING; OVARY CYST; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVARY TORSION; OVARY TUMOR; OVULATION; PELVIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SALPINGITIS; TERATOMA; THECA CELL; THECOMA; TORSION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS; UTERUS MYOMA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADNEXA UTERI; ADNEXAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 64549131719     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e318195834b     Document Type: Review

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