Imaging in gynecological disease (10): Clinical and ultrasound characteristics of decidualized endometriomas surgically removed during pregnancy

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 354-360

  Mascilini, F ^a   Moruzzi, C ^a   Giansiracusa, C ^a   Guastafierro, F ^a   Savelli, L ^b   De Meis, L ^b   Epstein, E ^c   Timor Tritsch, I E ^d   Mailath Pokorny, M ^d   Ercoli, A ^e   Exacoustos, C ^f   Benacerraf, B R ^g   Valentin, L ^h   Testa, A C ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Policlinico Abano Terme   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

decidualization; endometriosis; pattern recognition; retrospective study; transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; OVARIAN CYSTS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN CYSTS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 84902277157     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.13323     Document Type: Article

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