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Uterine Sarcomas

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MRI and CT of the Female Pelvis

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The term sarcoma comes from a Greek word meaning “fleshy growth”.

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  1. Hospital dos Lusíadas de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

    Rita Lucas

  2. Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal

    Teresa Margarida Cunha

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    Teresa Margarida Cunha

  3. Charité Universitätsmedizin, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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Lucas, R., Cunha, T.M. (2016). Uterine Sarcomas. In: Forstner, R., Cunha, T.M., Hamm, B. (eds) MRI and CT of the Female Pelvis. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2016_90

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