title: Magnetic resonance imaging of massive ovarian edema in pregnancy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the MRI findings of massive ovarian edema in pregnancy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Asymmetric ovarian enlargement with a teardrop configuration and T2 hyperintensity with or without T1 hyperintensity appear characteristic of massive ovarian edema in pregnancy, potentially facilitating nonoperative diagnosis and expectant management. These findings support the concept that massive ovarian edema in pregnancy reflects chronic partial ovarian torsion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628, USA. Fergus.Coakley@radiology.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Fergus V
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: Coakley
authors.forename: Mekhail
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anwar
authors.forename: Liina
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Poder
authors.forename: Zhen J
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Benjamin M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: Bonnie N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Joe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004487:Edema / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012189:Retrospective Studies