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Published on: March 3, 2023
MRI appearances of mucinous borderline ovarian tumors: pathological correlation
Feng Hua Ma1, Shu Hui Zhao, Jin Wei Qiang
1Department of Radiology, Jinshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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.
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