title: MR imaging of the female pelvis.
abstract: MR imaging has become a valuable modality in the evaluation of the female pelvis. In many cases, it follows the performance of HSG or US. These cases include infertility and pelvic pain. In some cases, it should serve as the test of choice. This is true in the local staging of cervical cancer and the evaluation of pain or disability in the pregnant patient. Finally, in the evaluation of advanced gynecologic cancers, it is usually a secondary choice with CT preferred.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Campus Box 7510, University of North Carolina Hospital, 101 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. Julia_fielding@med.unc.edu
authors.forename: Julia R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Fielding
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis