Open AccessValue of thin-section oblique axial T2-weighted magnetic resonance images to assess uterosacral ligament endometriosis
Author(s) -
Marc Bazot,
Adeline Gasner,
Marcos Ballester,
Émile Daraı̈
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
human reproduction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446
H-Index - 226
eISSN - 1460-2350
pISSN - 0268-1161
DOI - 10.1093/humrep/deq336
Subject(s) - magnetic resonance imaging , medicine , oblique case , sagittal plane , endometriosis , nuclear medicine , radiology , pathology , philosophy , linguistics
Thin-section oblique axial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is useful in staging endometrial and cervical carcinomas but there are no data on its contribution to assessing deep endometriosis. We evaluated the contribution of this MRI technique to diagnosis of uterosacral ligament (USL) endometriosis.