The role of 3.0T MRI in the assessment of deep endometriosis located on the uterosacral ligaments

Journal of Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-16

  Manganaro, Lucia ^a   Vinci, Valeria ^a   Bernardo, Silvia ^a   Storelli, Paola ^a   Fuggetta, Eliana ^a   Sollazzo, Paolo ^a   Ticino, Adele ^a   Sergi, Maria Eleonora ^a   Brunelli, Roberto ^a   Panici, Pierluigi Benedetti ^a   Porpora, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

3.0T magnetic resonance imaging; Deep infiltrating endometriosis; Uterosacral ligaments

Indexed keywords

FERUMOXSIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEEP INFILTRATING ENDOMETRIOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LIGAMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE THICKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY CYST; PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTEROSACRAL LIGAMENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84877914223     PISSN: 22840265     EISSN: 22840273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/je.5000152     Document Type: Article

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