title: Staging of early endometrial carcinoma: assessment with T2-weighted and gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted MR imaging.
abstract: This study evaluated the usefulness of T2-weighted and gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) images correlated with patients' menopausal status in assessing the depth of myometrial invasion in stage I endometrial carcinoma. MR images of 46 patients with stage I endometrial carcinoma were retrospectively reviewed. Twenty-five patients were premenopausal, and 21 were postmenopausal. The staging accuracy without regard to menopausal status was 59% for T2-weighted images and 61% for gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted images. However, when staging accuracy was evaluated separately in the premenopausal and postmenopausal patient groups, T2-weighted imaging had an accuracy of 80% in the premenopausal group and gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted imaging had an accuracy of 81% in the postmenopausal group. Therefore, T2-weighted imaging was more accurate in premenopausal patients and gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted imaging was more accurate in postmenopausal patients. The overall accuracy of staging with MR imaging improved to 80% when patients' menopausal status was considered. Therefore, menopausal status should be considered when T2-weighted and gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted MR images are used to stage early endometrial carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kangnam St Mary's Hospital, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Byun
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Koong
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Shinn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003287:Contrast Media; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D017698:Postmenopause; D017697:Premenopause; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA