{"id":54,"date":"2018-01-31T13:31:24","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T13:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/2018\/01\/31\/adenomyosis\/"},"modified":"2018-01-31T13:31:24","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T13:31:24","slug":"adenomyosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/insights-imaging\/highlights\/adenomyosis\/","title":{"rendered":"MRI for the evaluation of adenomyosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>This pictorial review illustrates the MRI findings of adenomyosis, a disease of the inner myometrium, and its associated conditions whilst focusing on their imaging pitfalls.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teaching points:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adenomyosis is defined as the presence of ectopic endometrium within the myometrium.<\/li>\n<li>MRI is an accurate tool for the diagnosis of adenomyosis and associated conditions.<\/li>\n<li>Adenomyosis can be diffuse or focal.<\/li>\n<li>The most established MRI finding is thickening of junctional zone exceeding 12\u00a0mm.<\/li>\n<li>High-signal intensity myometrial foci on T2- or T1-weighted images are also characteristic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Article:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s13244-017-0576-z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MRI for adenomyosis: a pictorial review<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Authors:<\/strong> Lisa Agostinho, Rita Cruz, Filipa Os\u00f3rio, Jo\u00e3o Alves, Ant\u00f3nio Set\u00fabal and Adalgisa Guerra<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This pictorial review illustrates the MRI findings of adenomyosis, a disease of the inner myometrium, and its associated conditions whilst focusing on their imaging pitfalls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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