Deep rectosigmoid endometriosis: "Mushroom cap" sign on T2-weighted MR imaging

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 726-731

  Yoon, Jung Hwan ^a   Choi, Dongil ^a   Jang, Kee Taek ^a   Kim, Chan Kyo ^a   Kim, Heejung ^a   Lee, Soon Jin ^a   Chun, Ho Kyung ^a   Lee, Woo Yong ^a   Yun, Seong Hyeon ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

"Mushroom cap" sign; Deep rectosigmoid endometriosis; MR imaging; Pathologic correlation; Submucosal tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLON DISEASE; COLON MUCOSA; COLON RESECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP RECTOSIGMOID ENDOMETRIOSIS; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECATION HABIT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MUSHROOM CAP; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY CANCER; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECTUM DISEASE;

ADULT; COLON, SIGMOID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM;

EID: 78651235727     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-010-9643-3     Document Type: Article

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