title: MRI characteristics of the uterine junctional zone: from normal to the diagnosis of adenomyosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  MRI was the first imaging technique to permit the visualization of the uterine junctional zone and remains the imaging method of choice to evaluate it and its associated pathology.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Adenomyosis can be diagnosed using MRI with a diagnostic accuracy of 85%. The most important MR finding in making the diagnosis is thickness of the junctional zone exceeding 12 mm. The principal limitation of MRI is the absence of a definable junctional zone on imaging, which occurs in 20% of premenopausal women.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Imagerie Diagnostique et Interventionnelle, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Nice, Hôpital Archet, France. novellas.s@chu-nice.fr
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Novellas
authors.forename: Madleen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chassang
authors.forename: Jerome
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Delotte
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Toullalan
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chevallier
authors.forename: Jerome
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bouaziz
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chevallier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004717:Endometrium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008593:Menopause / Q000502:physiology; D008597:Menstrual Cycle / Q000502:physiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009215:Myometrium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011859:Radiography; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology