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- Title
MRI appearances of mucinous borderline ovarian tumors: Pathological correlation.
- Authors
Ma, Feng Hua; Zhao, Shu Hui; Qiang, Jin Wei; Zhang, Guo Fu; Wang, Xue Zhen; Wang, Li
- Abstract
Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the MRI features of mucinous borderline ovarian tumors (MBOT). Materials and Methods MRI morphology of 30 MBOT proven MBOT by surgery and pathology was retrospectively studied and correlated with the histopathological findings. On MRI, tumors were classified into three morphological categories: (i) unilocular cyst in five (17%) tumors. (ii) multilocular cyst in 23 (76%) tumors. (iii) solid mass in 2 (7%) tumors. MRI features of tumors were identified including the multilocularity (23/30, 77%), honeycomb loculi (15/30, 50%), signal discrepancy (different signal intensity on T1WI and T2WI) (19/30, 63%), thickened wall or septa (>3 mm) (16/30, 53%). Results Intestinal type and endocervical type of MBOT, two distinctly histologic subtypes, were found in 20 (67%) and 10 (33%) tumors respectively. There were a higher prevalence of multilocularity ( P = 0.026), honeycomb loculi ( P = 0.025), and signal discrepancy ( P = 0.024) in intestinal type than endocervical type of MBOT. Conclusion Typical MRI features of MBOT are large multilocular tumors with honeycomb loculi, heterogeneous signal intensity of the loculi, and thickened wall or septa. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2014;40:745-751. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
- Publication
Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2014, Vol 40, Issue 3, p745
- ISSN
1053-1807
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/jmri.24408