title: Detection of the gonadal veins in the diagnosis of transposed ovaries in patients with cervical carcinoma: a useful sign on MDCT.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of our study was to evaluate the detectability of the gonadal vein of transposed ovaries in patients with uterine cervical cancer on MDCT.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Gonadal veins and surgical clips of transposed ovaries can be shown with high consistency on MDCT. Tracking the gonadal veins and detecting the surgical clips may prevent the transposed ovaries from being misinterpreted as peritoneal implants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University Hospital, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan. mahira@radiol.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirakawa
authors.forename: Kengo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshimitsu
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kakihara
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Irie
authors.forename: Yoshiki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Asayayama
authors.forename: Kousei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishigami
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Honda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010053:Ovary / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010690:Phlebography / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014680:Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*