Magnetic resonance imaging of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis in the evaluation of pregnant patients with neoplasms.
This article illustrates the magnetic resonance (MR) technique and MR imaging (MRI) findings of various neoplasms in chest, abdomen, and pelvis in pregnant patients. MRI can provide useful information about characterization and staging of maternal neoplasms without exposing the fetus to ionizing radiation and can be considered as a first-line cross sectional imaging method as an adjunct to ultrasonography.
Oto
Aytekin
A
Department of Radiology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0709, USA.
Ernst
Randy
R
Jesse
Mary K
MK
Chaljub
Gregory
G
Saade
George
G
D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D031901:Gestational Trophoblastic Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis