Characterising pelvic masses using ultrasound

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 725-738

  Testa, Antonia C ^a   Bourne, Tom H ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cervical cancer; dynamic evaluation; endometrial cancer; endometrial pathology; ovarian carcinoma; ovarian masses; pelvic masses; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS ABSCESS; PELVIS CANCER; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PELVIS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTERUS CANCER; UTERUS MYOMA; ADNEXAL DISEASES; FEMALE;

ADNEXAL DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PELVIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 69249216498     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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