Adnexal Masses: Characterization and Imaging Strategies

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 330-346

  Griffin, Nyree ^a   Grant, Lee Alexander ^b   Sala, Evis ^c  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ANDROBLASTOMA; ARTICLE; BRENNER TUMOR; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYSTADENOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; GERM CELL TUMOR; GONADOBLASTOMA; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOSALPINX; HUMAN; HYDROSALPINX; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY FIBROMA; OVARY TERATOMA; OVARY TUMOR; PERITONEAL INCLUSION CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOSALPINX; SEX CORD TUMOR; THECOMA; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; ULTRASOUND; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADNEXA UTERI; ADNEXAL DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77958167946     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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