The adnexal incidentaloma: A practical approach to management

Cancer Imaging

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-51

  Spencer, John A ^a   Gore, Richard M ^b  

^a St James's Institute of Oncology   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Adnexal incidentaloma; MDCT; Multidetector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADNEXA INCIDENTALOMA; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; HUMAN; INCIDENTALOMA; MENOPAUSE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY TERATOMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADNEXA UTERI; ADNEXAL DISEASES; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79959608104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14707330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2011.0008     Document Type: Review

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