Magnetic resonance imaging in local staging of endometrial carcinoma: Diagnostic performance, pitfalls, and literature review

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Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 601-608

  Zandrino, Franco ^a   La Paglia, Ernesto ^a   Musante, Francesco ^a  

^a C Arrigo Children's Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endometrial carcinoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Staging

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MYOMETRIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC USE; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIECTOMY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77957197798     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089161009600414     Document Type: Article

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