The utility of multi-detector computed tomography in the diagnosis of malignant pleural effusion in the patients with ovarian cancer

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 230-235

  Kim, Kyung Won ^a   Choi, Hyuck Jae ^b,c   Kang, Sokbom ^c   Park, Sang Yoon ^c   Jung, Dae Chul ^c   Cho, Jeong Yeon ^a   Cho, Kyung Sik ^b   Kim, Seung Hyup ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^c National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Lymph node; Ovarian cancer; Pleural effusion; Pleural metastasis

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT TREATMENT; TOMOGRAPHY;

CLINICAL PREDICTORS; CT SCANNERS; EXACT TESTS; LYMPH NODE; MULTI-DETECTORS; OVARIAN CANCERS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL METASTASIS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OVARY CANCER; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA METASTASIS; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 77955851467     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.04.061     Document Type: Article

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