ReviewInsights into imaging2016
Non-neoplastic diseases of the fallopian tube: MR imaging with emphasis on diffusion-weighted imaging.
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- Hydrosalpinx perturbs the tubal and endometrial immune environment.Reproduction & fertility · 2026Observational
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- Cross-Sectional Imaging of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: Diagnostic Pearls and Pitfalls on CT and MR.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The Known and Unknown About Female Reproductive Tract Mucus Rheological Properties.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2025Review
- Endometriosis MR mimickers: T1-hyperintense lesions.Insights into imaging · 2024Review
- Endometriosis Stem Cells as a Possible Main Target for Carcinogenesis of Endometriosis-Associated Ovarian Cancer (EAOC).Cancers · 2022Review
- Diagnosis and treatment of tubal endometriosis in women undergoing laparoscopy: A case series from a single hospital.World journal of clinical cases · 2022Article
- Mimics and Pitfalls of Primary Ovarian Malignancy Imaging.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2022Review
- The role of "penumbra sign" and diffusion-weighted imaging in adnexal masses: do they provide a clue in differentiating tubo-ovarian abscess from ovarian malignancy?Polish journal of radiology · 2021Article
- Endometriosis and the Fallopian Tubes: Theories of Origin and Clinical Implications.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Review
- Predicting necrosis in adnexal torsion in women of reproductive age using magnetic resonance imaging.European radiology · 2020Article
- Cross-sectional imaging of acute gynaecologic disorders: CT and MRI findings with differential diagnosis-part II: uterine emergencies and pelvic inflammatory disease.Insights into imaging · 2019Review
- Cross-sectional imaging of acute gynaecologic disorders: CT and MRI findings with differential diagnosis-part I: corpus luteum and haemorrhagic ovarian cysts, genital causes of haemoperitoneum and adnexal torsion.Insights into imaging · 2019Review
- [Acute Pelvic pain in women-gynecological causes].Der Radiologe · 2019Article
- A Preliminary Report Requiring Continuation of Research to Confirm Fallopian Tube Adenocarcinoma: A Non-Experimental, Non-Randomized, Cross-Sectional Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2018Article
- Endometriosis: clinical features, MR imaging findings and pathologic correlation.Insights into imaging · 2018Review
- Diffusion-weighted imaging in ectopic pregnancy: ring of restriction sign.The British journal of radiology · 2018Article
- Proportional vascularization along the fallopian tubes and ovarian fimbria: assessment by confocal microtomography.Radiologia brasileiraArticle
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Abstract
objectiveWe illustrate the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of non-neoplastic tubaric conditions.
backgroundA variety of pathologic non-neoplastic conditions may affect the fallopian tubes. Knowledge of their imaging appearance is important for correct diagnosis. With recent advances in MRI, along with conventional MR sequences, diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) sequences are available and may improve lesion characterization by discriminating the nature of the content of the dilated tube. Tubal fluid with low signal intensity on T1-weighted images, high signal intensity on T2-weighted images and no restricted diffusion on DWI is indicative of hydrosalpinx. Content with high signal intensity on T1-weighted images and restricted diffusion on DWI is suggestive of hematosalpinx associated with endometriosis or tubal pregnancy. A dilated tube with variable or heterogeneous signal intensity content on conventional MR sequences and restricted diffusion on DWI may suggest a pyosalpinx or tubo-ovarian abscess. We describe morphological characteristics, MR signal intensity features, enhancement behaviour and possible differential diagnosis of each lesion.
conclusionMRI is the method of choice to study adnexal pelvic masses. Qualitative and quantitative functional imaging with DWI can be of help in characterization of tubaric diseases, provided that findings are interpreted in conjunction with those obtained with conventional MRI sequences. TEACHING POINTS: • Nondilated fallopian tubes are not usually seen on MR images. • MRI is the method of choice to characterize and localize utero-adnexal masses. • MRI allows characterization of lesions through evaluation of the fluid content's signal intensity. • DWI in conjunction with conventional MRI sequences may improve tissue characterization. • Pelvic inflammatory disease is the most common tubal pathology.
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