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ABSTRACT: Key points
• MRI is a useful complementary imaging technique for assessing sonographically indeterminate masses. • Categorization allows confident diagnosis in the majority of adnexal masses. • Type 3 contrast enhancement curve is a strong indicator of malignancy. • In sonographically indeterminate masses, complementary MRI assists in triaging patient management.
SUBMITTER: Forstner R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5408043 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Forstner Rosemarie R Thomassin-Naggara Isabelle I Cunha Teresa Margarida TM Kinkel Karen K Masselli Gabriele G Kubik-Huch Rahel R Spencer John A JA Rockall Andrea A
European radiology 20161021 6
An update of the 2010 published ESUR recommendations of MRI of the sonographically indeterminate adnexal mass integrating functional techniques is provided. An algorithmic approach using sagittal T2 and a set of transaxial T1 and T2WI allows categorization of adnexal masses in one of the following three types according to its predominant signal characteristics. T1 'bright' masses due to fat or blood content can be simply and effectively determined using a combination of T1W, T2W and FST1W imagin ...[more]