title: Utility of intravaginal ultrasound gel for local staging of cervical carcinoma on MRI.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study is to evaluate the utility of intravaginal ultrasound gel for the staging of cervical carcinoma on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and to confirm the results with pathological staging.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nine patients were included in the study. T2-weighted images were compared without and with vaginal gel (VG).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Five patients were evaluated as overstaged on MRI without VG. After VG, the results were compatible with the pathological stages in all patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We suggest that this technique is easy, well tolerated, and effective, and it increases the accuracy rate of MRI staging in early cervical cancer.
authors.affiliation: Mustafa Kemal University, Medical Faculty, Department of Radiology, Hatay, Turkey. Electronic address: nesrinatci@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Nesrin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Atcı
authors.affiliation: Mustafa Kemal University, Medical Faculty, Department of Pathology, Hatay, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tümay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Özgür
authors.affiliation: Mustafa Kemal University, Medical Faculty, Department of Radiology, Hatay, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fatma
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Öztürk
authors.affiliation: Mustafa Kemal University, Medical Faculty, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hatay, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kenan Serdar
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Dolapçıoğlu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005782:Gels / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014621:Vagina / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D005782:Gels
keywords: Cervical carcinoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ultrasound gel; Vaginal opacification