Incidental gynecological findings on computed tomographic colonography: Prevalence and outcomes

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 138-141

  Stitt, Ifeyinwa A ^a   Stany, Michael P ^b   Moser III, Richard P ^c   Rose, G Scott ^b   Dunlow, Susan G ^c  

^a MARTIN ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b United States Military Cancer Institute   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CT colonography; Gynecology; Incidental extracolonic findings; Screening; Virtual colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 69249212359     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2009.05.016     Document Type: Article

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