Unusual manifestation of endometrioid adenocarcinoma arising from subserosal cystic adenomyosis of the uterus: Emphasis on MRI and positron emission tomography CT findings

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1007, 2011, Pages

  Heo, S H ^a   Lee, K H ^a   Kim, J W ^a   Jeong, Yong Yeon ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MYOMETRIUM; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTMENOPAUSE; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80054719155     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/24318075     Document Type: Article

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