Changes seen in the ultrasound features of a presumed decidualised ovarian endometrioma mimicking malignancy

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 807-811

  Sayasneh, A ^a   Naji, O ^a   Abdallah, Y ^a   Stalder, C ^a   Bourne, T ^a,b  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84867715846     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01443615.2012.707256     Document Type: Note

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