Primary malignant mixed mullerian tumor of the uterus: findings on sonography, CT, and gadolinium-enhanced MRI. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • OBJECTIVE: The purpose of our study was to evaluate the sonographic, contrast-enhanced CT, and gadolinium-enhanced MRI findings of primary malignant mixed müllerian tumors (MMMTs) of the uterus. CONCLUSION: Uterine MMMT most commonly presents as an intracavitary mass with coexistent dilatation of the endometrial canal. Tumors tend to appear hyperechoic on sonography, heterogeneously hypodense and ill defined on contrast-enhanced CT, and heterogeneously hyperintense on T2-weighted MR images with signal abnormalities indicating subacute hemorrhage on T1-weighted MR images. Myometrial invasion is common and has a predilection for the uterine fundus.

publication date

  • July 1, 2008

Research

keywords

  • Gadolinium
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Mullerian Ducts
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography
  • Uterine Neoplasms

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 46849096980

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.2214/AJR.07.3281

PubMed ID

  • 18562759

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 191

issue

  • 1