title: Magnetic resonance imaging of the vagina: an overview for radiologists with emphasis on clinical decision making.
abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging is a method with high contrast resolution widely used in the assessment of pelvic gynecological diseases. However, the potential of such method to diagnose vaginal lesions is still underestimated, probably due to the scarce literature approaching the theme, the poor familiarity of radiologists with vaginal diseases, some of them relatively rare, and to the many peculiarities involved in the assessment of the vagina. Thus, the authors illustrate the role of magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of vaginal diseases and the main relevant findings to be considered in the clinical decision making process.
authors.affiliation: MD, Resident at Service of Radiology, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo Octavio Frias de Oliveira (Icesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Daian Miranda
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.affiliation: Physician Assistants at Service of Radiology, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo Octavio Frias de Oliveira (Icesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Régis Otaviano França
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Bezerra
authors.affiliation: Physician Assistants at Service of Radiology, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo Octavio Frias de Oliveira (Icesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cinthia Denise
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Ortega
authors.affiliation: PhD, Physician Assistant at Instituto de Radiologia do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (InRad/HC-FMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Blasbalg
authors.affiliation: Physician Assistants at Service of Radiology, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo Octavio Frias de Oliveira (Icesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Públio César Cavalcante
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Viana
authors.affiliation: PhD, Head of Unit of Radiology, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo Octavio Frias de Oliveira (Icesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcos Roberto
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: de Menezes
authors.affiliation: Private Docent, Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Manoel de Souza
authors.initials: Mde S
authors.lastname: Rocha
keywords: Congenital malformations; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tumors; Vagina