Decidualized endometrioma masquerading as ovarian cancer in pregnancy

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1909-1915

  Groszmann, Yvette ^a,b   Howitt, Brooke E ^b   Bromley, Bryann ^a,b,c,d   Feltmate, Colleen M ^b,c   Benacerraf, Beryl R ^a,b,c,d  

^a Diagnostic Ultrasound Associates   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Decidualized endometrioma; Gynecologic ultrasound; Pregnancy; Sonography

Indexed keywords

OBSTETRICS; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT; SURGERY; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

COHORT STUDIES; DECIDUALIZED ENDOMETRIOMA; GYNECOLOGIC ULTRASOUND; OVARIAN CANCERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; SOLID COMPONENTS; SONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS;

DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY TUMOR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84908661796     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.33.11.1909     Document Type: Article

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