Noninvasive treatment of focal adenomyosis with MR-guided focused ultrasound in two patients

Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 93-97

  Polina, Laveena ^a   Nyapathy, Vinay ^a,b   Mishra, Anindita ^b   Yellamanthili, Himabindu ^b   Vallabhaneni, Mythri P ^b  

^a Department of Radiology   (India)

^b Forensic Medicine   (India)

Author keywords

fibroid; focal adenomyosis; Magnetic resonance imaging guided focused ultrasound surgery; MRgFUS

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; GADOLINIUM;

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DYSMENORRHEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOCAL ADENOMYOSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING GUIDED FOCUSED ULTRASOUND SURGERY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; URINARY CATHETER; UTERINE FIBROID SYMPTOM AND QUALITY OF LIFE QUETIONNAIRE;

EID: 84867377980     PISSN: 09713026     EISSN: 19983808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.101078     Document Type: Article

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