Clinical and ultrasound characteristics of the microcystic elongated and fragmented (MELF) pattern in endometrial cancer according to the International Endometrial Tumor Analysis (IETA) criteria

Linda S E Eriksson; Denis Nastic; Filip Frühauf; Daniela Fischerova; Kristyna Nemejcova; Francesca Bono; Dorella Franchi; Robert Fruscio; Mariacristina Ghioni; Lucia A Haak; Vaclav Hejda; Raimundas Meskauskas; Gina Opolskiene; M Angela Pascual; Antonia Testa; Francisco Tresserra; Gian Franco Zannoni; Joseph W Carlson; Elisabeth Epstein

doi:10.1136/ijgc-2018-000045

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Clinical and ultrasound characteristics of the microcystic elongated and fragmented (MELF) pattern in endometrial cancer according to the International Endometrial Tumor Analysis (IETA) criteria

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Linda S E Eriksson Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Denis Nastic Department of Pathology and Cytology and Institution for Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Filip Frühauf Gynecological Oncology Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Daniela Fischerova Gynecological Oncology Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kristyna Nemejcova Department of Pathology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Francesca Bono Pathology Unit, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Dorella Franchi Preventive Gynecology Unit, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Robert Fruscio Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Milan-Bicocca, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mariacristina Ghioni Division of Pathology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Lucia A Haak Institute for the Care of Mother and Child, Prague, Czech Republic Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Vaclav Hejda Institute for the Care of Mother and Child, Praque, Czech Republic PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Raimundas Meskauskas National Centre of Pathology, Vilnius, Lithuania PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gina Opolskiene Center of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vilnius University Hospital, Santariskiu Clinic, Vilnius, Lithuania PubMed articles Google scholar articles
M Angela Pascual Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproduction, Hospital Universitario Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Antonia Testa Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Francisco Tresserra Department of Pathology and Cytology, Hospital Universitario Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gian Franco Zannoni Department of Pathology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Joseph W Carlson Department of Pathology and Cytology and Institution for Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Elisabeth Epstein Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Linda S E Eriksson, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm 171 76, Sweden; linda.eriksson{at}sll.se

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Eriksson LSE, Nastic D, Frühauf F, et al

Clinical and ultrasound characteristics of the microcystic elongated and fragmented (MELF) pattern in endometrial cancer according to the International Endometrial Tumor Analysis (IETA) criteria

International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer 2019;29:119-125.

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Received April 8, 2018
Revision received September 4, 2018
Accepted October 2, 2018
First published January 7, 2019.

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May 15, 2023

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