Imaging for the evaluation of endometriosis and adenomyosis

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 655-681

  Exacoustos, Caterina ^a   Manganaro, Lucia ^b   Zupi, Errico ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

adenomyosis; deep infiltrating endometriosis; endometrioma; junctional zone; pelvic adhesions; pouch of Douglas obliteration

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; ADHESION; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP INFILTRATING ENDOMETRIOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOUBLE CONTRAST BARIUM ENEMA; DOUBLE CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; OVARY DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RECTUM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE ADHESION;

ADENOMYOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIAN DISEASES; RECTUM; TISSUE ADHESIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 84902240502     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: 15321932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2014.04.010     Document Type: Article

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