Management of asymptomatic ovarian and other adnexal cysts imaged at US: Society of radiologists in ultrasound consensus conference statement

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 121-131

  Levine, Deborah ^a   Brown, Douglas L ^b   Andreotti, Rochelle F ^c   Benacerraf, Beryl ^d   Benson, Carol B ^d   Brewster, Wendy R ^e   Coleman, Beverly ^f   Depriest, Paul ^g   Doubilet, Peter M ^d   Goldstein, Steven R ^h   Hamper, Ulrike M ⁱ   Hecht, Jonathan L ^a   Horrow, Mindy ^j   Hur, Hye Chun ^a   Marnach, Mary ^b   Patel, Maitray D ^k   Platt, Lawrence D ^l   Puscheck, Elizabeth ^m   Smith Bindman, Rebecca ⁿ  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^h NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; AGE; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CYSTADENOMA; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FOLLOW UP; HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HYDROSALPINX; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY CYST; OVARY FOLLICLE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PELVIS; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TERATOMA; UNITED STATES;

ADNEXAL DISEASES; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN CYSTS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 77957862454     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RUQ.0b013e3181f09099     Document Type: Article

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