Pre-operative magnetic resonance imaging investigation of nine cases of broad ligament leiomyoma

Kusanishi, Takako; Honda, Namio; Shibuya, Fumie

doi:10.5180/jsgoe.34.1_95

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“…Actually, IL leiomyoma can grow between RL and UA and widen their distance, a characteristic finding in more than 76% of the IL cases examined for this study. A Japanese language article (English abstract available online) reported that elongation of UA by leiomyoma might be a characteristic MR finding for IL leiomyoma [20]. Interobserver agreement was not assessed, but it might be difficult to make an objective assessment of the elongation or displacement of UA or RL.…”

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“…Only one English language report has described a study of preoperative MRI findings for the differentiation of intraligamentous leiomyoma from subserosal leiomyoma, which examined the ipsilateral ovary position relative to leiomyoma [19]. Several Japanese reports on this issue have described findings of uterine artery, round ligament, bladder, rectum, and feeding vessels, but no report has presented multiple MRI findings [20].…”

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Diagnostic performance of preoperative MR imaging findings for differentiation of uterine leiomyoma with intraligamentous growth from subserosal leiomyoma

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Purpose To evaluate the diagnostic performance of MRI findings for differentiating uterine leiomyoma with intraligamentous growth, or broad ligament fibroid, from subserosal leiomyoma. Methods This study included 37 patients with surgically confirmed uterine smooth muscle tumors (36 leiomyomas and one smooth muscle tumor of uncertain malignant potential) with intraligamentous growth (IL) and size-matched control of 37 patients with subserosal leiomyoma (SS). Two radiologists independently evaluated eight preoperative MRI findings: tumor shape, degeneration, attachment to uterus, ovary elevation, ureter displacement, bladder deformation, rectal displacement, and separation of round ligament (RL) and uterine artery (UA). The diagnostic values of these findings and interobserver agreement were assessed. Receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) analysis of the number of positive MRI findings for diagnosing IL was performed. Clinical outcomes including surgical method, operation time, intraoperative blood loss, perioperative complications, and postoperative hospital stay of the two groups were compared. Results Significant differences in tumor shape, attachment to uterus, ovary elevation, ureter displacement, and separation of RL and UA were found between IL and SS. Four of these findings, excluding ureter displacement, showed moderate to substantial interobserver agreement. When two or more of these four findings were positive, sensitivity, specificity, and area under the ROC curve were 91%, 77%, 0.90 in reader 1 and 82%, 89%, 0.91 in reader 2. The operation time was significantly longer for IL than for SS. Conclusion Tumor shape, attachment to uterus, ovary elevation, and separation of RL and UA are useful MRI findings for differentiating intraligamentous leiomyoma from subserosal leiomyoma.

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