title: [MR imaging of adenomyosis].
abstract: MR imaging characteristics of adenomyosis were studied in nine women (five diffuse type, four focal type) who underwent hysterectomy. In all cases, MR images were correlated with surgical/pathologic findings. On T2-weighted images, diffuse type appeared as a thickening of the junctional zone, because it was often isointense with this zone. Focal type appeared as a low signal intensity, round or oval shaped mass poorly marginated from the adjacent myometrium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okayasu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kasai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yanagisawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakasato
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tamakawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*