Identification of the Periprostatic Venous Plexus by MR Imaging
- 1 March 1991
- journal article
- body
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
- Vol. 15 (2) , 265-268
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00004728-199103000-00014
Abstract
T2-weighted images (spin echo 2,000/60) show a high signal intensity rim around the prostate. Our investigations show that this rim is not part of the pelvic fat; it has T1 and T2 relaxation times similar to heparinized blood; it demonstrates little inflow effect; and after an intravenous injection of Gddiethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid, its signal intensity increases. We conclude that this rim is the periprostatic venous plexus.Keywords
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