Use of pre-operative imaging for symptomatic uterine myomas during pregnancy: a case report and a systematic literature review.

Gaetano ValentiPietro MiloneSerena D'AmicoLisa Maria Grazia CaldaciAmerigo VitaglianoFabrizio SapiaMichele Fichera

Published in: Archives of gynecology and obstetrics (2018)

US allows an adequate pre-operative evaluation of anterior, submucosal or pedunculated symptomatic UFs in pregnancy. However, compared to US, MRI may provide a more accurate evaluation of multiple, large, intramural or posterior UFs and could measure the distance between UFs and UC more accurately.

Keyphrases

high resolution
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
preterm birth
pregnancy outcomes
magnetic resonance
photodynamic therapy