Nuck canal endometriosis: MR imaging findings and clinical features

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 737-741

  Gaeta, Michele ^a   Minutoli, Fabio ^a   Mileto, Achille ^a   Racchiusa, Sergio ^a   Donato, Rocco ^a   Bottari, Antonio ^a   Blandino, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Inguinal canal; MR imaging; Nuck canal; Shading sign

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INGUINAL CANAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCK CANAL ENDOMETRIOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; TENDON;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78651231138     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-010-9607-7     Document Type: Article

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