Yasuhisa Kurata

ORCID: 0000-0002-2002-6836 · 11 papers in corpus
diagnostic-accuracy 2022
Magnetic resonance in medical sciences : MRMS : an official journal of Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine ·doi:10.2463/mrms.mp.2021-0003

PURPOSE: To compare the diagnostic performance of dynamic contrast-enhanced-MR (DCE-MR) and delayed contrast-enhanced (CE)-MRI added to unenhanced MRI, including diffusion weighted image (DWI) for differentiating malignant adnexal tumors, c…

case-report 2022
Abdominal radiology (New York) ·doi:10.1007/s00261-022-03530-4

Polypoid endometriosis is a benign, rare variant of endometriosis that forms polypoid nodules mimicking malignant tumors. For three cases of polypoid endometriosis of female genital organs, this report presents characteristic MR imaging fea…

review 2022
Korean journal of radiology ·doi:10.3348/kjr.2021.0405

Endometriosis, a common chronic inflammatory disease in female of reproductive age, is closely related to patient symptoms and fertility. Because of its high contrast resolution and objectivity, MRI can contribute to the early and accurate …

other 2021
Scientific reports ·doi:10.1038/s41598-021-98473-z

The purpose of this study is to evaluate utility of MRI in differentiation of uterine low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma (LGESS) from rare leiomyoma variants. This multi-center retrospective study included consecutive 25 patients with ut…

other 2021
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research ·doi:10.1111/jog.14621

AIM: To elucidate correlation between signal intensity on diffusion-weighted images (SI-DWI) and clinical backgrounds for uterine adenomyosis and to compare SI-DWI of adenomyosis and malignant uterine tumors. METHODS: This study examined 4…

diagnostic-accuracy 2021
Magnetic resonance in medical sciences : MRMS : an official journal of Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine ·doi:10.2463/mrms.mp.2019-0153

PURPOSE: To investigate the influence of microcystic, elongated and fragmented (MELF) pattern invasion on preoperative evaluation of lymph node (LN) metastasis and myometrial invasion in patients with low-grade endometrial carcinoma. METHO…

case-report 2019
Abdominal radiology (New York) ·doi:10.1007/s00261-019-01918-3

Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), a rare autosomal dominant neurocutaneous disorder, is characterized by the presence of benign congenital tumors in multiple organs. Neoplasms with perivascular epithelioid cell differentiation (PEComas), in…

other 2018
Magnetic resonance in medical sciences : MRMS : an official journal of Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine ·doi:10.2463/mrms.mp.2017-0055

PURPOSE: Seromucinous borderline tumor (SMBT) is a newly categorized ovarian tumor in the 2014 revised World Health Organization (WHO) classification. SMBT is similar to serous borderline tumor (SBT) on MRI reflecting their pathological fin…

observational 2018
European journal of radiology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2018.06.007

PURPOSE: To investigate magnetic resonance (MR) findings and to detect malignant transformation of ovarian endometriotic cysts by comparing longitudinal changes in patients with ovarian malignant/borderline tumors associated with ovarian en…

diagnostic-accuracy 2016
European radiology ·doi:10.1007/s00330-016-4533-x

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of quantitative values and MRI findings for differentiating seromucinous borderline tumours (SMBTs) from endometriosis-related malignant ovarian tumours (MT). METHODS: This retrospective s…

observational 2016
Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987) ·doi:10.1177/0284185116639768

Background Although age-related change of junctional zone (JZ) of the uterus has been known, there has been no previous systematic study of age-related changes of uterine peristalsis that is observed as the wave conduction of the thickest o…