[Cross-sectional imaging of endometrial carcinoma: MR imaging and CT].
Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has superseded computed tomography (CT) in the diagnostic assessment of cancer of the uterus (endometrial and cervical carcinoma). Contrast-enhanced MR imaging is highly accurate in staging endometrial carcinoma, in particular in terms of the depth of myometrial invasion. MR imaging will in the future provide a good basis for preoperative therapeutic decision making, especially to answer the question whether or not lymphadenectomy is necessary based on myometrial infiltration depth. - This article outlines the potential of MR imaging for staging endometrial cancer, provides a brief description of the imaging strategies, and discusses the role of MR imaging in the diagnostic assessment of endometrial cancer.
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Institut für Radiologie, Charité, Medizinische Fakultät der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany. bernd.hamm@charite.de
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D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000473:pathology; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004717:Endometrium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*