title: Magnetic resonance imaging of the ischiorectal fossa: spectrum of disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies are widely used to assess the rectum, anal canal, and their environment. The purpose of this article is to review the current role of MRI in the evaluation of diseases involving the ischiorectal fossa and their imaging features.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The radiologist plays an essential role in the evaluation of some conditions typically located in this space and of other conditions that occasionally involve this area or invade the ischioanal space. The accurate assessment of these diseases that MRI provides further cements its role as the primary technique for the evaluation of pelvic pathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, 184 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75571 Paris Cedex 12, France. christine.hoeffel@sat.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hoeffel
authors.forename: Michel Daoud
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Crema
authors.forename: Louisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Azizi
authors.forename: Maité
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lewin
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Monnier-Cholley
authors.forename: Lionel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arrivé
authors.forename: Jean-Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tubiana
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008488:Medical Illustration; D008875:Middle Aged; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012007:Rectum / Q000473:pathology*