title: Magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of non ovarian adnexal lesions.
abstract: Differentiation of nonovarian from ovarian lesions is a diagnostic challenge. MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) of the pelvis provides excellent tissue characterization and high contrast resolution, allowing for detailed evaluation of adnexal lesions. Salient MRI characteristics of predominantly cystic lesions and predominantly solid adnexal lesions are presented along with epidemiology and clinical presentation. Due to its excellent soft tissue resolution, MRI may be able to characterize indeterminate adnexal masses and aid the radiologist to arrive at the correct diagnosis, thus positively affect patient management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Yale University - Bridgeport Hospital, 267 Grant Street Bridgeport, CT 06610. Electronic address: sthawai2@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Shrey K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Thawait
authors.affiliation: Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287. Electronic address: kbatra1@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Kiran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Batra
authors.affiliation: Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287. Electronic address: stephenjohnson12345@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Stephen I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia PA 19104. Electronic address: Drew.Torigian@uphs.upenn.edu.
authors.forename: Drew A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Torigian
authors.affiliation: Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287. Electronic address: achhabr6@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Avneesh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chhabra
authors.affiliation: Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287. Electronic address: azaheer1@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Atif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaheer
mesh_terms: D000290:Adnexa Uteri / Q000473:pathology; D000291:Adnexal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Adnexal lesion; Fallopian tube carcinoma; Leiomyoma; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Para-ovarian cyst; peritoneal inclusion cyst