Journal of computer assisted tomography

Vesicouterine fistulas are a rare complication of obstetrical-gynecological interventions and are the least common of the acquired urogenital fistulas. They are almost solely associated with cesarean section. A case is reported in which a p…

OBJECTIVE: We describe the MR appearance of endometriosis involving the umbilicus in two patients. One patient had a history of laparoscopy performed through the umbilicus; the other had an umbilical hernia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: MR imagi…

OBJECTIVE: Our goal was to determine the sensitivity, specificity, predictive value, and accuracy of pelvic MRI in the prospective evaluation of women with a clinically suspected pelvic mass. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One-hundred three patien…

Endometriosis of the sciatic nerve is a rare but important cause of sciatica. Early on, the symptoms may be cyclic and be treated with local excision of the endometrioma from the sciatic nerve. If left untreated, it can result in marked cic…

The CT appearance of diffuse peritoneal endometriosis is presented. This entity may mimic peritoneal carcinomatosis and should be considered in females of childbearing age.

Endometriosis of the abdominal wall is rare and usually arises in a surgical incision. Magnetic resonance (MR) has been used to evaluate endometriosis of the ovaries. A case of endometriosis in a cesarean section scar is presented and evalu…

Although ultrasound is the primary imaging modality for evaluating benign gynecologic pelvic masses, CT may provide diagnostic information regarding ovarian masses that are discovered fortuitously. The relatively infrequent use of CT in eva…

During evaluation for occult fever or nonspecific abdominal pain CT will occasionally identify inflammatory disease of the appendix as the underlying cause. In these cases CT may also provide useful information about the presence of associa…

A histologically documented case of endometriosis within the deep musculature of the thigh is presented. Although occurrence of endometriosis outside the abdomen is rare, characteristic periodic exacerbation of symptoms at the time of menst…

Endometriosis of the superficial soft tissues is an uncommon lesion that may occur in the absence of other evidence of pelvic endometriosis. An example of an endometrioma arising in the rectus sheath is reported here. To our knowledge, this…

Six examples of pelvic masses due to endometriosis were detected by computed tomography (CT) in a group of women aged 30-43. Lower abdominal or pelvic pain was the chief complaint in four cases. The ileum and rectosigmoid were routinely opa…

Eighty-three cases of uterine inyoina studied by computed tomography (LT) and subsequently operated on are reviewed, and the CT features of uterine myoma are presented. Postoperative diagnoses were uterine myoma in 63 (76%), uterine adenomy…