MRI and CT of the Female Pelvis

Describes the use of MRI and CT to diagnose developmental anomalies and acquired diseases of the female genital tract

Depicts normal anatomic findings and variants

Reflects the latest advances in the field

Includes numerous detailed illustrations

About this book

This volume provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the use of MRI and CT to identify and characterize developmental anomalies and acquired diseases of the female genital tract. Both benign and malignant diseases are considered in depth, and detailed attention is also paid to normal anatomic findings and variants. Further individual chapters focus on the patient with pelvic pain and the use of MRI for pelvimetry during pregnancy and the evaluation of fertility. Compared with the first edition, chapters have been either newly written by different authors or updated to reflect intervening progress; in addition, imaging of the placenta is now covered. Throughout, emphasis is placed on the most recent diagnostic and technical advances, and the text is complemented by many detailed and informative illustrations. All of the authors are acknowledged experts in diagnostic imaging of the female pelvis, and the volume will prove an invaluable aid to everyone with an interest in this field.

Table of contents (22 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-ix

Clinical Anatomy of the Female Pelvis

Helga Fritsch

Pages 1-30

MR and CT Techniques

João Lopes Dias, Teresa Margarida Cunha

Pages 31-43

Uterus: Normal Findings

Athina C. Tsili

Pages 45-60

Congenital Malformations of the Uterus

Justus Roos, Gligor Milosevic, Martin Heubner, Rahel A. Kubik-Huch

Pages 61-75

Benign Uterine Lesions

Thomas J. Kröncke

Pages 77-116

Cervical Cancer

Federico Collettini, Bernd Hamm

Pages 117-177

Endometrial Cancer

Mariana Horta, Teresa Margarida Cunha

Pages 179-208

Uterine Sarcomas

Rita Lucas, Teresa Margarida Cunha

Pages 209-224

Ovaries and Fallopian Tubes: Normal Findings and Anomalies

Rosemarie Forstner

Pages 225-239

Adnexal Masses: Benign Ovarian Lesions and Characterization

Alexander Schlattau, Teresa Margarida Cunha, Rosemarie Forstner

Pages 241-271

Adnexal Masses: Characterization of Benign Adnexal Masses

I. Thomassin-Naggara, B. Fedida, E. Kermarrec

Pages 273-285

CT and MRI in Ovarian Carcinoma

Rosemarie Forstner

Pages 287-323

Endometriosis

Vera Schreiter, Karen Kinkel

Pages 325-341

Vagina and Vulva

Athina C. Tsili

Pages 343-368

Imaging of Lymph Nodes

Sebastiano Barbieri, Kirsi H. Härmä, Harriet C. Thoeny

Pages 369-379

Acute and Chronic Pelvic Pain Disorders

Amy Davis, Andrea Rockall

Pages 381-405

MRI of the Pelvic Floor

Rosemarie Forstner, Andreas Lienemann

Pages 407-427

Evaluation of Infertility

Gertraud Heinz-Peer

Pages 429-454

MR Pelvimetry

Leonhard Schäffer, Ernst Beinder, Rahel A. Kubik-Huch

Pages 455-465