title: MRI of vaginal conditions.
abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become an important part of the assessment of suspected vaginal pathology. This pictorial review demonstrates the MRI features and some of the histopathological findings of a variety of vaginal conditions. These may be congenital (total vaginal agenesis, partial vaginal agenesis, longitudinal vaginal septum, transverse vaginal septum), benign (Bartholin's cyst, diffuse vaginal inflammation, invasive endometriosis, ureterovaginal fistula, post-surgical appearances with the formation of a neovagina and adhesions) or malignant, usually due to extension or recurrence from another pelvic malignancy. In this paper, examples of the above are described and illustrated together with examples of the much rarer primary vaginal malignancies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Birmingham, UK. carolina.lopez@bwhct.nhs.uk
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Balogun
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ganesan
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Olliff
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014621:Vagina / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology*; D014623:Vaginal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery