title: High signals in the uterine cervix on T2-weighted MRI sequences.
abstract: The aim of this pictorial review was to illustrate the normal cervix appearance on T2-weighted images, and give a review of common or less common disorders of the uterine cervix that appear as high signal intensity lesions on T2-weighted sequences. Numerous aetiologies dominated by cervical cancer are reviewed and discussed. This gamut is obviously incomplete; however, radiologists who perform MR women's imaging should perform T2-weighted sequences in the sagittal plane regardless of the indication for pelvic MR. Those sequences will diagnose some previously unknown cervical cancers as well as many other unknown cervical or uterine lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, C.M.C. Beausoleil, 119 avenue de Lodève, 34000 Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Graef
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Karam
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Juhan
authors.forename: P Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Daclin
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Maubon
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Rouanet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D002577:Uterine Cervical Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis