Subcutaneous abdominal wall masses: Radiological reasoning

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Stein, Lauren ^a   Elsayes, Khaled M ^b   Wagner Bartak, Nicolaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrioma; Endometriosis; Subcutaneous soft tissue mass

Indexed keywords

DANAZOL; LEUPRORELIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING FEATURE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIAN CYSTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84856118965     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.7238     Document Type: Article

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