[MR imaging of adenomyosis].
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.
Yoshioka
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K
Department of Radiology, Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital.
Okayasu
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T
Matsuoka
S
S
Kasai
M
M
Iida
H
H
Yanagisawa
T
T
Nakasato
T
T
Tamakawa
Y
Y
D000328:Adult; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*