MR Appearance of Umbilical Endometriosis
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OBJECTIVE: We describe the MR appearance of endometriosis involving the umbilicus in two patients. One patient had a history of laparoscopy performed through the umbilicus; the other had an umbilical hernia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: MR imaging was performed using both a body coil and a spine coil (with the patient lying prone on the spine coil). The lesions were surgically removed and their MR appearance was correlated with the results of histologic analysis. RESULTS: The lesions were well delineated on MRI and showed evidence of prior hemorrhage consistent with endometriosis. Both lesions were shown to be endometriosis at surgical pathology. CONCLUSION: MR imaging was useful for delineating the size and location of the lesions and excluding intraabdominal extension.
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Several case reports and a few cohorts, up to eight patients, using MR imaging in AWE have been described.
“At this moment, to our knowledge, several case reports and a few cohorts, up to eight patients using MR imaging in AWE, have been described in the literature [1, 7, 14–17].”
From Appearance of abdominal wall endometriosis on MR imaging (2010) · cites this paper as [17]
In these studies, endometriosis appeared homogeneously hypointense or isointense, or heterogeneous with focal areas of high and low signal intensity, suggesting old haemorrhage or fibrosis on T2-weighted and T1-weighted fat-suppressed imaging.
“In these studies, endometriosis appeared homogeneously hypointense or isointense, or heterogeneous with focal areas of high and low signal intensity, suggesting old haemorrhage or fibrosis on T2-weighted and T1-weighted fat-suppressed imaging.”
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- Authors
- Yu, C.-Y., Perez-Reyes, M., Brown, J. J., & Borrello, J. A.
- Affiliations
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- ORCID
- Borrello, Joseph A.
- Venue
- Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
- Published
- 1994-03
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 269-271
- ISSN
- 0363-8715 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1986773747
- Cited by
- 72
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- FWCI
- 1.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Endometriosis Research and Treatment
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Gynecological conditions and treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts
- Keywords
- umbilical endometriosis, magnetic resonance imaging, MRI appearance, umbilical hernia, lesion delineation, surgical pathology correlation
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Cicatrix, Endometriosis, Female, Hernia, Umbilical, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Laparoscopy, Umbilicus
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