Deep pelvic endometriosis: MR imaging

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 708-715

  Marcal, Leonardo ^a   Nothaft, Maria Angela ^b   Coelho, Francisco ^b   Choi, Haesun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Multiscan Imagem e diagnostico   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Deep pelvic endometriosis; Endometriosis; Infertility; Pelvic MRI; Pelvic pain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEEP PELVIS ENDOMETRIOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOUTERINE POUCH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIC PAIN;

EID: 78651257534     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-010-9611-y     Document Type: Article

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