Abdominal imaging

Endometriosis is a multifocal gynecological disorder affecting approximately 6%-10% of women during their reproductive years (Giudice and Kao in: Lancet 364:1789-1799, 2004). Presenting symptomatology often relates to the anatomical structu…

Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome (HWWS) is a rare congenital anomaly of the female urogenital tract that associates Müllerian duct anomalies with mesonephric duct anomalies. The triad of uterus didelphys, obstructed hemivagina, and ipsilat…

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to evaluate the sensitivity of routine trans vaginal ultrasound (TVUS) compared to expert-guided transvaginal ultrasound (ETVUS) for the diagnosis of endometriosis. METHODS: A retrospective chart r…

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to present a contemporary review of the imaging appearance of diseases which affect the deeper layers of the urinary bladder, including both suburothelial and extrinsic pathologies, using radiologic…

PurposeExtra-ovarian endometriosis (EOE) usually appears as solid masses mimicking neoplasms both clinically and radiologically. Detection of blood products within a lesion may be suggestive of its endometriotic nature. We present a descrip…

ObjectivesTo investigate if the shading sign is an exclusive MRI feature of endometriomas or endometrioid tumors, and to analyze its different patterns.MethodsThree hundred and fourty six women with adnexal masses who underwent 1.5/3-T MRI …

Müllerian duct anomalies (MDAs) represent a wide spectrum of developmental abnormalities related to various gynecologic and obstetric complications, including primary amenorrhea, infertility, and endometriosis. The use of diverse imaging mo…

Deep infiltrating endometriosis is an important gynecologic disease that may develop during the reproductive years and is responsible for severe pelvic pain. Deep pelvic endometriosis can affect the retrocervical region, uterosacral ligamen…

PurposeAlthough magnetic resonance imaging is often able to distinguish between adenomyosis and fibroids, occasionally the imaging features of focal adenomyosis and fibroids overlap. Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) may provide useful infor…

The purpose of this pictorial review is to discuss causes of female infertility, in particular, those etiologies in which imaging plays a key role in detection. Included are disorders of cervical, ovarian, fallopian tube, and uterine origin…

Advanced techniques and equipment in laparoscopic surgery offer advantages over open surgery, expanding the application of this minimally invasive procedure to a wide range of abdominal operations that used to be performed as an open proced…

PurposeTo evaluate the feasibility of enhanced T2 star-weighted angiography (ESWAN) in differentiating endometrial from non-endometrial cysts.MethodsForty-nine patients with 60 histopathologically proven ovarian cystic lesions underwent pel…

Adenomyosis is a common gynecologic disease. Pregnancy with adenomyosis is on the increase due to a tendency of delay with first pregnancies and various infertility treatments involved in the process. We encountered decidualized adenomyosis…

MR-guided high intensity focused ultrasound (MRg HIFU) is a novel method of tissue ablation that incorporates high energy focused ultrasound for tissue heating and necrosis within an MR scanner that provides simultaneous stereotactic tissue…

PurposeThe goal of this study was to determine the accuracy of three-dimensional (3D) MRI reconstructions obtained with segmentation technique in the preoperative assessment of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) and in particular to eval…

PURPOSE: To evaluate magnetic resonance (MR) imaging morphologic- and signal intensity abnormalities of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) of the bowel wall and to assess its value in predicting depth and extent of bowel wall infiltratio…

A 55-year-old woman referred to Radiology Department, with abdominal mass and chronic indefinite and vague abdominal pain, most severe in right hypochondrium and accentuated during menstruation. A history of two cesarean sections was reveal…

BACKGROUND: To evaluate the magnetic resonance (MR) imaging features of uterine adenomyoma in comparison with histopathologic findings. MATERIALS AND METHODS: MR images of seven patients who had surgically proven uterine adenomyoma were re…

Many atypical locations for deep endometriosis exist that are not well known to both the radiologist and gynecologist. This work explores these unusual localizations, which we have arbitrarily grouped under the term "anterior endometriosis"…

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the pictorial essay is to show the MR imaging (MRI) findings associated with deep pelvic endometriosis. CONCLUSION: MRI is an excellent imaging modality for the evaluation of patients with deep pelvic endometriosi…

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to evaluate the "mushroom cap" sign on T2-weighted MR imaging in patients with submucosal tumors in the rectosigmoid colon.MethodsFrom January 2001 to August 2009, 12 patients with four different diseases…

ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to describe the MR imaging findings of Nuck canal endometriosis (NCE).Materials and methodsIn a 10-year period, 486 out of 612 patients, with laparoscopically and/or surgically proven diagnosis of pelv…

To evaluate the accuracy of Transrectal Sonography (TRS) and a new technique, Transvaginal Sonography with Water-Contrast in the Rectum (RWC-TVS), in the diagnosis of rectosigmoid endometriosis, and the accuracy of Barium Enema (BE) and RWC…

Uterine artery embolization (UAE) is an effective treatment for symptomatic uterine fibroids. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is typically employed to evaluate the uterus following UAE for fibroid infarction, size, location change, persiste…

PurposeTo compare two different imaging modalities, magnetic resonance (MR), and three-dimensional sonography (3DUS), in order to evaluate the specific role in preoperative work-up of deep infiltrating endometriosis.Materials and methods33 …