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Boaventura CS, Rodrigues DP, Silva OA, et al. Evaluation of the indications for performing magnetic resonance imaging of the female pelvis at a referral center for cancer, according to the American College of Radiology criteria. Radiol Bras. 2017;50(1):1-6doi: 10.1590/0100-3984.2015.0123.
Boaventura, C. S., Rodrigues, D. P., Silva, O. A., Beltrani, F. H., de Melo, R. A., Bitencourt, A. G., Mendes, G. G., & Chojniak, R. (2017). Evaluation of the indications for performing magnetic resonance imaging of the female pelvis at a referral center for cancer, according to the American College of Radiology criteria. Radiologia brasileira, 50(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1590/0100-3984.2015.0123
Boaventura, Camila Silva, et al. "Evaluation of the indications for performing magnetic resonance imaging of the female pelvis at a referral center for cancer, according to the American College of Radiology criteria." Radiologia brasileira vol. 50,1 (2017): 1-6. doi: https://doi.org/10.1590/0100-3984.2015.0123
Boaventura CS, Rodrigues DP, Silva OA, Beltrani FH, de Melo RA, Bitencourt AG, Mendes GG, Chojniak R. Evaluation of the indications for performing magnetic resonance imaging of the female pelvis at a referral center for cancer, according to the American College of Radiology criteria. Radiol Bras. 2017 Jan-Feb;50(1):1-6. doi: 10.1590/0100-3984.2015.0123. PMID: 28298725; PMCID: PMC5347495.
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Radiol Bras. 2017 Jan-Feb;50(1):1-6. doi: 10.1590/0100-3984.2015.0123.

Evaluation of the indications for performing magnetic resonance imaging of the female pelvis at a referral center for cancer, according to the American College of Radiology criteria.

Radiologia brasileira

Camila Silva Boaventura, Daniel Padilha Rodrigues, Olimpio Antonio Cornehl Silva, Fabrício Henrique Beltrani, Rayssa Araruna Bezerra de Melo, Almir Galvão Vieira Bitencourt, Gustavo Gomes Mendes, Rubens Chojniak

Affiliations

  1. MD, Imaging Department, A.C.Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
  2. MD, Resident in the Imaging Department, A.C.Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
  3. PhD, MD, Imaging Department, A.C.Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
  4. PhD, MD, Head of the Imaging Department, A.C.Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

PMID: 28298725 PMCID: PMC5347495 DOI: 10.1590/0100-3984.2015.0123

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the indications for performing magnetic resonance imaging of the female pelvis at a referral center for cancer.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a retrospective, single-center study, conducted by reviewing medical records and imaging reports. We included 1060 female patients who underwent magnetic resonance imaging of the pelvis at a cancer center between January 2013 and June 2014. The indications for performing the examination were classified according to the American College of Radiology (ACR) criteria.

RESULTS: The mean age of the patients was 52.6 ± 14.8 years, and 49.8% were perimenopausal or postmenopausal. The majority (63.9%) had a history of cancer, which was gynecologic in 29.5% and nongynecologic in 34.4%. Of the patients evaluated, 44.0% had clinical complaints, the most common being pelvic pain (in 11.5%) and bleeding (in 9.8%), and 34.7% of patients had previously had abnormal findings on ultrasound. Most (76.7%) of the patients met the criteria for undergoing magnetic resonance imaging, according to the ACR guidelines. The main indications were evaluation of tumor recurrence after surgical resection (in 25.9%); detection and staging of gynecologic neoplasms (in 23.3%); and evaluation of pelvic pain or of a mass (in 17.1%).

CONCLUSION: In the majority of the cases evaluated, magnetic resonance imaging was clearly indicated according to the ACR criteria. The main indication was local recurrence after surgical treatment of pelvic malignancies, which is consistent with the routine protocols at cancer centers.

Keywords: Female pelvis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Oncology

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