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Cystic adenomyosis of the uterus: MRI
Author(s) -
Troiano Robert N.,
Flynn Stuart D.,
McCarthy Shirley
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of magnetic resonance imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.563
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1522-2586
pISSN - 1053-1807
DOI - 10.1002/jmri.1880080603
Subject(s) - adenomyosis , medicine , myometrium , uterus , magnetic resonance imaging , differential diagnosis , radiology , lesion , pathology , thickening , chemistry , polymer science
Adenomyosis of the uterus is most often seen as focal or diffuse thickening of the myometrial junctional zone on MRI. We describe the morphologic features and signal characteristics of the rarer cystic form of the disease, as revealed by MRI. We conclude that cystic adenomyosis of the uterus is characterized by a well‐circumscribed cystic lesion within the myometrium that demonstrates hemorrhage in differential stages of organization on MR images.