title: Cervical carcinoma: optimized local staging with intravaginal contrast-enhanced MR imaging--preliminary results.
abstract: Ten patients suspected of having cervical carcinoma underwent magnetic resonance (MR) imaging before and after opacification of the vagina with a mixture of barium, water, and maltodextrin/calcium lactate. Use of vaginal contrast medium resulted in improved visualization of the vaginal wall, lumen, and fornices in all patients and in a change in local tumor stage in two patients (20%). This technique may contribute to improved noninvasive staging of cervical carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium. lieven.vanhoe@hnbe.com
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Van Hoe
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vanbeckevoort
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Oyen
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Itzlinger
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vergote
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014621:Vagina
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media