Incidental finding of decidualized vesical endometriosis in an asymptomatic obstetrical patient

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 809-811

  Faske, Erica J ^a   MacK, Lauren M ^a   Ozcan, Tulin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOPSY; BLADDER DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CYSTOSCOPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LETTER; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CYSTOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES;

EID: 84864270943     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2012.31.5.809     Document Type: Letter

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