Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology

Teaching point: Desmoid tumors are rare locally aggressive soft tissue tumors that can occur anywhere in the body and have a varying imaging appearance.

Teaching point: The role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in diagnosing endometriosis is growing, requiring radiologists to become familiar with both typical and atypical presentations of deep infiltrating endometriosis.

A case is reported of a 46-year-old woman referred to a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for menometrorrhagia. MRI revealed a mass lesion lateral to the uterus fundus, suspicious of an ovarian granulosa cell tumor. Extensive surgery was per…

Hematocolpos, characterized by the accumulation of menstrual blood in the vagina, is a rare condition often misdiagnosed due to its uncommon occurrence and non-specific symptoms. Main causes include imperforate hymen, obstructed hemivagina …

Teaching point: Extrapelvic endometriosis involving pudendal and sciatic nerve may be a cause of lower limb pain.

This technical note describes a method of diagnosing adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder based on the real-time study of abduction movement under fluoroscopy control after opacification of the joint cavity with contrast media. This movement…

Teaching Point: Appendiceal intussusception appears as a "sausage or target shaped" lesion in the caecal lumen and may be caused by a "lead point".

Teaching point: Unexplained persistent perineal pain poses a differential diagnosis, including pelvic nerve lesions. The rare occurrence of pelvic schwannoma is easily shown by a MRI as a T2-hyperintense enhancing mass.

Teaching Point: Always look for an underlying (malignant) lead point as cause of a large bowel intussusception in adults.

Magnetic resonance imaging allows adequate evaluation of the location, size and subperitoneal lesion extension of deep pelvic endometriosis, providing key information for both the diagnosis and treatment planning.

Teaching point: Splenosis must be considered in patients with history of splenectomy or splenic trauma, later presenting with multiple peritoneal nodules.

An otherwise healthy 36-year-old woman consulted our department with abdominal wall pain. She had a history of double Cesarean section, and lumbar scoliosis. The pain was described as cramping and soar, intensifying after physical activity.…

Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare debilitating disease of unknown etiology, classically described as almost exclusively affecting women of childbearing age. The disease most commonly involves the lungs and is characterized by hamarto…