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CT and MR Imaging of Ovarian Adenocarcinoma (Serous/Mucinous/Endometrioid)

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MR imaging (MRI) and multidetector computed tomography (MCT) play a major role for characterization of suspicious adnexal masses and staging of advanced-stage ovarian tumors. The most frequent ovarian cancers are mainly represented by serous, mucinous, and endometrioid epithelial-stromal ovarian tumors. Each histologic subtype has characteristics allowing their preoperative presumable diagnosis on MRI and MCT.

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Bazot, M., Thomassin-Naggara, I., Daraï, E. (2013). CT and MR Imaging of Ovarian Adenocarcinoma (Serous/Mucinous/Endometrioid). In: Saba, L., Acharya, U., Guerriero, S., Suri, J. (eds) Ovarian Neoplasm Imaging. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8633-6_15

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