Female External Genitalia and Urethra on MR Imaging: Optimal Pulse Sequence and Comparison of Anatomy in Premenopausal and Postmenopausal Women
Journal of the Korean Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
;
: 146-153, 2011.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-172073
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To describe normal anatomy and compare the differences of external genital organs and urethra on MR imaging in pre- and postmenopausal women. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
A total of 19 pre- and 18 postmenopausal healthy women underwent pelvis MR imaging at 1.5 T. Two radiologists retrospectively scored and compared the image quality of female external genitalia and urethra on axial T2-weighted images (T2WI) and axial fat-suppressed contrast-enhanced T1-weighted images (FSCE-T1WI) by using Wilcoxon signed ranks test. The radiologists compared the wall thickness or size of external genital organs and urethra on FSCE-T1WI between two groups by using Student t test.RESULTS:
Image quality was better with FSCE-T1WI than with T2WI in all subjects (p < 0.05). The vestibular bulb, clitoris and labium minor were more clearly visualized on FSCE-T1WI in premenopausal subjects rather than in postmenopausal subjects (p < 0.05). The urethra had a target-like appearance with three layers in premenopausal and postmenopausal subjects. Postmenopausal subjects were observed to have significantly smaller vaginal wall thickness, urethral wall thickness and vestibular bulb width than premenopausal subjects (p < 0.05).CONCLUSION:
The anatomy and morphologic changes of female external genital organs and urethra were well discernible on FSCE-T1WI.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Pelvis
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Urethra
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Retrospective Studies
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Clitoris
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Genitalia
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
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