Radiology
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Barton, J. W.
Right arrow Articles by Lange, R. C.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Barton, J. W.
Right arrow Articles by Lange, R. C.

Radiology, Vol 186, 163-168, Copyright © 1993 by Radiological Society of North America

ARTICLES

Pelvic MR imaging findings in gestational trophoblastic disease, incomplete abortion, and ectopic pregnancy: are they specific?

JW Barton, SM McCarthy, EI Kohorn, LM Scoutt and RC Lange
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.

Thirty-nine patients with abnormally elevated levels of serum beta subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin (beta-hCG) were studied to determine whether findings at magnetic resonance (MR) imaging are specific for primary molar disease, persistent gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD), incomplete abortion, and ectopic pregnancy. Among the latter three groups, the only significant differences were a higher prevalence of endometrial distention in the group with incomplete abortion (P < .0035) and the absence of junctional zone disruption in the group with ectopic pregnancy (P < .05). In the group with primary molar disease, total intrauterine volume was significantly increased (P < .001), and endometrial distention and presence of an endometrial mass had a significantly higher prevalence than that in the persistent GTD groups with (P < .04) or without (P < .001) metastases. Myometrial or extrauterine disease was identified in 65% of the patients with persistent disease and a beta-hCG level greater than 500 mIU/mL (500 IU/L). Thus, although MR imaging findings in persistent GTD, incomplete abortion, and ectopic pregnancy are relatively nonspecific, MR imaging can depict invasive disease that may alter therapeutic management in patients with documented GTD.


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 RadioGraphicsHome page
S. Umeoka, T. Koyama, K. Togashi, H. Kobayashi, and K. Akuta
Vascular Dilatation in the Pelvis: Identification with CT and MR Imaging
RadioGraphics, January 1, 2004; 24(1): 193 - 208.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Hum ReprodHome page
P. Lesny, S.R. Killick, R.L. Tetlow, D.J. Manton, J. Robinson, and S.D. Maguiness
Ultrasound evaluation of the uterine zonal anatomy during in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer
Hum. Reprod., June 1, 1999; 14(6): 1593 - 1598.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
RADIOLOGY RADIOGRAPHICS RSNA JOURNALS ONLINE
Copyright © 1993 by the Radiological Society of North America.