Academic Radiology
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 31-38 , January 2010

Multi-detector CT Features of Benign Adnexal Lesions

  • Athina C. Tsili, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Radiology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Leoforos S. Niarchou, 45500, Ioannina, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: A.C.T.
    • ,
  • Nikolaos Dalkalitsis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital of Ioannina, Leoforos S. Niarchou, 45500, Ioannina, Greece
    • ,
  • Evagellos Paraskevaidis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital of Ioannina, Leoforos S. Niarchou, 45500, Ioannina, Greece
    • ,
  • Konstantine Tsampoulas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Radiology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Leoforos S. Niarchou, 45500, Ioannina, Greece

Received 4 April 2009 ,Accepted 15 June 2009.

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PII: S1076-6332(09)00395-X

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.06.014

Academic Radiology
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 31-38 , January 2010

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