Polypoid endometriosis of the bladder during pregnancy mimicking urachal carcinoma

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 475-478

  Lambrechts, S ^a   Van Calsteren, K ^a   Capoen, A ^a   Op De Beeck, K ^a   Joniau, S ^a   Timmerman, D ^a   Amant, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cancer; decidualization; endometriosis; pregnancy; urachal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; BLADDER TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; POLYP; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYPS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80053199291     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.8985     Document Type: Article

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