Endometriosis of abdominal and pelvic wall scars: Multimodality imaging findings, pathologic correlation, and radiologic mimics

Radiographics

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2031-2043

  Gidwaney, Rita ^a   Badler, Ruth L ^a   Yam, Benjamin L ^c   Hines, John J ^b   Alexeeva, Vlada ^a   Donovan, Virginia ^a   Katz, Douglas S ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY; SCAR;

ADULT; CICATRIX; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84869223280     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.327125024     Document Type: Article

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