MR Imaging of the Uterine Cervix: Imaging-Pathologic Correlation

Yoshikazu Okamoto, Yumiko O Tanaka, Yumiko Tanaka, Masato Nishida, Hajime Tsunoda, Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, Yuji Itai
Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc · 2003 · vol. 23(2) , pp. 425–445 · doi:10.1148/rg.232025065 · PMID:12640157 · W2100083452
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MR imaging findings of uterine cervical lesions, including epithelial and nonepithelial neoplasms and nonneoplastic diseases, correlate with their histopathologic features and aid in staging and differentiation.

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Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is useful not only for preoperative staging of gynecologic malignancies but also for prediction of the histopathologic features of a variety of intrapelvic tumors. Familiarity with the specific imaging findings that have been reported for the uterine cervix is a goal of radiologists. The typical MR imaging findings of uterine cervical lesions correspond to the histopathologic features. These lesions can be categorized as epithelial neoplasms, nonepithelial neoplasms, and nonneoplastic diseases. Cervical carcinoma accounts for most cases of malignant lesions and is staged by using the classification system established by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics. MR imaging allows differentiation between endophytic and exophytic growth and between normal and abnormal findings after hysterectomy and irradiation. Other epithelial neoplasms of the uterine cervix include adenoma malignum, which is a special type of cervical adenocarcinoma, as well as carcinoid tumor and malignant melanoma. Nonepithelial neoplasms of the uterine cervix include malignant lymphoma and leiomyoma. Nonneoplastic diseases of the uterine cervix include cervical pregnancy, cervicitis, nabothian cysts, polyps, and endometriosis.

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endometriosis

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Cervix Uteri Magnetic Resonance Imaging Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Cervix Uteri Diagnosis, Differential Female Humans Uterine Cervical Diseases Uterine Cervical Diseases Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Uterine Cervical Neoplasms

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