Imaging ovarian tumours by nuclear magnetic resonance

  1. I. R. JOHNSON1,
  2. E. M. SYMONDS1,
  3. B. S. WORTHINGTON2,*,
  4. D. M. KEAN2,
  5. J. JOHNSON3,
  6. M. GYNGELL4,
  7. R. C. HAWKES4

Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb04764.x

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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Volume 91, Issue 3, pages 260–264, March 1984

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JOHNSON, I. R., SYMONDS, E. M., WORTHINGTON, B. S., KEAN, D. M., JOHNSON, J., GYNGELL, M. and HAWKES, R. C. (1984), Imaging ovarian tumours by nuclear magnetic resonance. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 91: 260–264. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb04764.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

  2. 2

    Department of Academic Radiology

  3. 3

    Department of Pathology, University Hospital, Nottingham

  4. 4

    Department of Physics, University of Nottingham

* B. S. Worthington, Department of Academic Radiology, Queen's Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
  2. Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
  3. Received 4 July 1983 Accepted 10 October 1983

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The alication of nuclear magnetic resonance imaging to the diagnosis of ovarian tumours has been studied in a group of seven patients with ovarian masses and several healthy unteers who provided examples of normal pelvic anatomy. In three patients, benign unilocular ovarian cysts were demonstrated and in three patients, recurrent ovarian tumours were identified and the extent of the tumours defined. One patient with bilaterial ovarian endometriomas was imaged. Endometrial cysts, like masses in other systems which contain blood or lipid-rich material, show high-density images whereas malignant tumours show tissue densities closer to those of normal tissues. The potential value of this technique in the assessment of pelvic disease is discussed.

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