1. Benign and malignant tumor of the uterine body with broccoli sign: MR imaging features for differential diagnosis
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Norihiro Iwasa, Masanori Yasuda, Fumiko Kimura, Shiori Meguro, Keiichi Fujiwara, Eito Kozawa, and Masahiro Takahashi
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Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Contrast Media ,food and beverages ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,medicine.disease ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Diagnosis, Differential ,Uterine Prolapse ,Uterine Neoplasms ,Adenosarcoma ,Carcinosarcoma ,medicine ,Endometrial Polyp ,Carcinoma ,Humans ,Female ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Atypical polypoid adenomyoma ,Differential diagnosis ,business ,Uterine Neoplasm - Abstract
The characteristic morphology called broccoli sign combines a stalk and prolapsed tumor and is a useful diagnostic indicator of prolapsed tumor of the uterine body. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings of broccoli sign are common for uterine submucosal leiomyomata but not well described for other tumors of the endometrial cavity, such as endometrial polyp, atypical polypoid adenomyoma, endometrial carcinoma, carcinosarcoma, and adenosarcoma. Both benign and malignant masses of the uterine body can show broccoli sign. The MR imaging features of prolapsed uterine tumor with broccoli sign resemble those of usual uterine body tumors, but the location is different. We describe the MR imaging features of prolapsed uterine tumors with broccoli sign.
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- 2013
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