J Korean Radiol Soc.  1998 Sep;39(3):557-560. 10.3348/jkrs.1998.39.3.557.

MR Imaging of Focal Cervical Edema Mimicking Carcinoma: A Case Report

• Kim JS
• Kim H

• KMID: 2201282
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/jkrs.1998.39.3.557

Abstract

We describe the MR findings in a patient with stage-I carcinoma confined to the posterior lip of the uterinecervix, a "mass-like", separate, localized area of edema developed in the anterior lip. preoperative MR imagingcould not distinguish edema from tumor, through MR imaging of the surgical specimen edema from tumor on accountof the higher signal intensity of the former. Histopathologic correlation is illustrated.

Keyword

Uterus, abnormalities; Uterus, MR

MeSH Terms

Edema*
Humans
Lip
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*