The value of MR imaging in distinguishing leiomyomas from other solid pelvic masses when sonography is indeterminate.
Weinreb J, Barkoff N, Megibow A, Demopoulos R. The value of MR imaging in distinguishing leiomyomas from other solid pelvic masses when sonography is indeterminate. American Journal Of Roentgenology 1990, 154: 295-9. PMID: 2105017, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.154.2.2105017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSolid pelvic massPelvic massUterine leiomyomaLow signal intensityMR imagingMalignant tumorsMR criteriaPedunculated uterine leiomyomaPelvic malignant tumorsOvarian malignant tumorsDiagnosis of leiomyomaSquamous cell carcinomaSolid adnexal massesTypes of tumorsT2-weighted imagesT1-weighted imagesOvarian fibromaCell carcinomaAdnexal massesBroad ligamentSonographic appearanceDiagnostic criteriaLeiomyomaSignal intensityNormal myometrium