MRI for pretreatment lymph node staging in uterine cervical cancer.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this article is to assess the accuracy of MRI in detecting pelvic and paraaortic lymph node metastasis from uterine cervical cancer using various imaging criteria.


CONCLUSIONS
Although MRI analysis resulted in relatively low sensitivity, size and margin (spiculated or lobulated) were useful criteria for predicting lymph node metastasis from cervical cancer.
Choi
Hyuck Jae
HJ
Department of Radiology, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, 809 Madu 1-dong, Ilsan-gu, Koyang, Kyonggi, Korea 411-769.
Kim
Seung Hyup
SH
Seo
San-Soo
SS
Kang
Sokbom
S
Lee
Sun
S
Kim
Joo-Young
JY
Kim
Young Hoon
YH
Lee
Jong Seok
JS
Chung
Hyun Hoon
HH
Lee
Joo-Hyuk
JH
Park
Sang-Yoon
SY
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010388:Pelvis; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery