POWER DOPPLER FINDINGS OF ADENOMA MALIGNUM OF UTERINE CERVIX

Citation
N. Umesaki et al., POWER DOPPLER FINDINGS OF ADENOMA MALIGNUM OF UTERINE CERVIX, Gynecologic and obstetric investigation, 45(3), 1998, pp. 213-216
Citations number
9
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Obsetric & Gynecology
ISSN journal
0378-7346
Volume
45
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
213 - 216
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-7346(1998)45:3<213:PDFOAM>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Adenoma malignum (minimum deviation adenocarcinoma) is a rare neoplasm a of the uterine cervix, the diagnosis of wich cannot be determined by cervical smear. Recently, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was report ed as useful for its diagnosis, but differentiation of adenoma malignu m from deep-seated nabothian cysts remains problematic. We report here a case of adenoma malignum of the uterine cervix, for which MRI findi ngs could not neglect deep-seated nabothian cysts. However, transvagin al power Doppler ultrasonography clearly showed richness of small vess els, whose arterial flow had higher velocity in the diastolic phase, a round the cystic lesion of the uterine cervix, These findings indicate that, at least in the case reported here, transvaginal power and puls ed Doppler ultrasonography is a useful tool for the diagnosis of adeno ma malignum of the uterine cervix.