Imaging of gynecological disease (4): clinical and ultrasound characteristics of struma ovarii
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Struma ovarii: role of imaging?
As clinical features in struma ovarii patients in the absence of thyrotoxicosis are generally non-specific and resemble ovarian malignancy, preoperative radiological diagnosis becomes all the more relevant in order to avoid ovarian cancer type surgery (including bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, hysterectomy, omentectomy and occasionally appendectomy) for this usually benign and rare ovarian mas...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0960-7692,1469-0705
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5396