The utility of MRI for the surgical treatment of women with uterine fibroid tumors

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-36

  Parker, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

fibroid tumor; leiomyosarcoma; magnetic resonance imaging; myoma diagnosis; myomectomy; uterine artery embolization

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLOATING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROTOMY; MYOMECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH DISTENSION; SUBMUCOSA; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS SARCOMA;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 84455199691     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.08.021     Document Type: Article

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