La Radiologia medica

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the feasibility of quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) and R2* mapping in assessing iron deposition in endometriotic ovarian cysts (EMO) and their potential implications for ovarian reserve. MATERIALS AND METH…

OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate a model that can preoperatively identify the ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC) subtype in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) using CT imaging radiomics and clinical data. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We retrospec…

OBJECTIVES: XR-hysterosalpingography currently represents the gold standard for tubal pathology evaluation. Magnetic resonance-HSG is an innovative technique. With our study, we aim to comprehend if and how MR-HSG, compared to traditional X…

PurposeTo investigate Asherman syndrome (AS) related to potential factors during uterine artery embolization (UAE) treatment of adenomyosis.Materials and methodsThis is a retrospective analysis of 195 women with adenomyosis who underwent UA…

OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinical and ultrasonography (US) findings of soft tissue hemangiomas, and to compare with the results of histologic diagnosis after US-guided biopsy. METHOD AND MATERIALS: We retrospectively studied the files of…

PurposeReal-time virtual sonography (RVS) allows displaying and synchronizing real-time US and multiplanar reconstruction of MRI images. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and ability of RVS to assess adenomyosis sinc…

PurposeTo evaluate the treatment efficacy of uterine adenomyosis using MRgFUS as a mini-invasive therapy.Materials and methodsTwenty-three patients affected by symptomatic uterine adenomyosis (11 focal and 7 diffuse forms), diagnosed using …

PURPOSE: This study assessed the diagnostic accuracy of pelvic magnetic resonance (MR) imaging completed by MR colonography for the preoperative evaluation of deep pelvic endometriosis in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery. MATERIALS…

ObjectiveTo verify whether the capability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in diagnosing deep infiltrating colorectal endometriosis (DICE) is improved using an association of MRI findings.Methods and materialsThe imaging database of our …

PurposeThis study was undertaken to prospectively determine the diagnostic capabilities of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in detecting myometrial and cervical invasion and lymph node involvement in endometrial carcinoma and to identify the…

Adenomyosis is a pathological gynaecological condition characterised by benign invasion of the endometrium into the myometrium. It is often misdiagnosed, or is not easily recognised, although it is responsible for disabling symptoms such as…

PurposeThe authors sought to evaluate the effectiveness of ultrasound (US)-guided aspiration and ethanol sclerotherapy in treating endometrial cysts and adopt this procedure as an alternative to surgery.Materials and methodsFifty consecutiv…

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the contribution of ultrasound (US) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in the diagnosis and local staging of endometriosis by comparing results with laparoscopic findings.Materials and metho…

PURPOSE: To introduce a staging of pelvic endometriosis based on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) features, compared with the American Fertility Society (AFS) laparoscopic classification. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty-five consecutive femal…

Incontinence of ovarian veins and development of adnexal varicosities (pelvic varicocele) seems to cause pelvic pain syndrome in about 50% of the cases. Whereas the diagnosis of male varicocele is usually clinical, the same diagnosis in a w…

To investigate the diagnostic capabilities of ultra low field MRI in the characterization of adnexal conditions, 46 women (aged 17 to 83 years) with US diagnosis of tubo-ovarian diseases were examined with MRI. An 0.064 T permanent magnet w…

The tumor marker CA-125 is an embryonal glycoprotein detectable in tissues derived from celomatic epithelium. Serum CA-125 was determined by RIA in 66 patients with various ovarian pathologies (16 malignant at stage III-IV and 50 benign). S…

A series of 305 patients underwent both cholecystosonography and oral cholecystography. Ultrasounds showed a higher diagnostic accuracy in the diffuse and localized cholesteroloses. Oral cholecystography is still reliable in the diagnosis o…

On consulting our archives in order to give a casuistic contribution to the scar-cancer theory, we have met with a new datum: in 60 patients affected with a lung carcinoma, 13 of these, i.e. 21.6%, had suffered with a previous thoracic trau…