Clinical presentation and diagnosis of uterine sarcoma, including imaging

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 681-689

  Wu, Tzu I ^a   Yen, Tzu Chen ^b   Lai, Chyong Huey ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

diagnosis; magnetic resonance imaging; positron emission tomography; ultrasonography; uterine sarcoma

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOSARCOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM SARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UTERUS SARCOMA; VAGINA BLEEDING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SARCOMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80055061234     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: 15321932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2011.07.002     Document Type: Review

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