title: MRI findings of uterine lipoleiomyoma correlated with pathologic findings.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Our objective was to describe the MRI findings of uterine lipoleiomyoma and to correlate them with histopathologic findings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Uterine lipoleiomyoma typically presents as a well-demarcated mass showing hyperintensity with hypointense amorphous bundles on T1- and T2-weighted images with chemical shift artifacts. The hyperintense region suppressed on chemical shift fat-suppressed sequences and the hypointense bundles enhanced by contrast material pathologically correspond to mature fat tissue and smooth muscle tissue, respectively. Even in an atypical case with a small volume of fat tissue in the mass, a fat-suppression MRI sequence is especially useful for the diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Mibu, Japan. kazu10041976@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitajima
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kaji
authors.forename: Kazufumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imanaka
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sugihara
authors.forename: Kazuro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugimura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA