title: Benign and malignant tumor of the uterine body with broccoli sign: MR imaging features for differential diagnosis.
abstract: The characteristic morphology called broccoli sign combines a stalk and prolapsed tumor and is a useful diagnostic indicator of prolapsed tumor of the uterine body. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings of broccoli sign are common for uterine submucosal leiomyomata but not well described for other tumors of the endometrial cavity, such as endometrial polyp, atypical polypoid adenomyoma, endometrial carcinoma, carcinosarcoma, and adenosarcoma. Both benign and malignant masses of the uterine body can show broccoli sign. The MR imaging features of prolapsed uterine tumor with broccoli sign resemble those of usual uterine body tumors, but the location is different. We describe the MR imaging features of prolapsed uterine tumors with broccoli sign.
authors.affiliation: Department of Imaging Diagnosis, Saitama Medical University, International Medical Center, 1397-1, Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama, 350-1298, Japan. 8kozawa@saitama-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Eito
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kozawa
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Shiori
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meguro
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: Norihiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Iwasa
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: Fumiko
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014596:Uterine Prolapse / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media