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1/2017
vol. 82 abstract:
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Diagnostic Imaging of Pregnant Women – The Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Monika Bekiesińska-Figatowska
,
Anna Romaniuk-Doroszewska
,
Sylwia Szkudlińska-Pawlak
,
Agnieszka Duczkowska
,
Jarosław Mądzik
,
Martyna Szopa-Krupińska
,
Tomasz M. Maciejewski
Pol J Radiol, 2017; 82: 220-226
Online publish date: 2018/02/02
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Background: Presentation of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in pregnant women in the Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland.
Material/Methods: Forty-three symptomatic pregnant women underwent MRI between 9 and 33 weeks of gestation (mean of 23 weeks). Moreover, we included 2 pregnant women who underwent fetal MRI and had incidental abnormalities. Results: In 9 cases, we excluded the suspected brain abnormalities. In 4 cases, we found unremarkable changes in the brain without clinical significance. One patient was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, one with cortical dysplasia, one with pineal hemorrhage and one with a brain tumor. On abdominal MRI, 2 patients had normal findings, one patient had colon cancer with a hepatic metastasis, one patient had a hepatic angioma, one patient had an extraadrenal pheochromocytoma, one patient had an abscess in the iliopsoas muscle, 9 patients had myomas, two patients had ovarian simple cysts, two endometrial cysts, three dermoid cysts, one patient had sacrococcygeal teratoma, one patient had a cystadenofibroma (partial borderline tumor), one patient had an androgenic ovarian tumor and two patients had hyperreactio luteinalis. One patient was diagnosed with transient osteoporosis of the hip and one with a stress fracture of the sacral bone. Conclusions: Magnetic resonance imaging is the best imaging modality for pregnant women. Although ultrasonography is the method of choice, doubtful cases as well as structures that cannot be examined with ultrasonography can be non-invasively evaluated with MRI. keywords:
Diagnostic Imaging • Magnetic Resonance Imaging • Pregnant Women |