Carcinosarcoma of the Uterus: Magnetic Resonance Imaging

1 January 1997

journal article
case report
Published by S. Karger AG in Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Vol. 43 (2) , 139-141
https://doi.org/10.1159/000291840

Abstract

We report the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings with a paramagnetic enhancement agent (gadopentetate dimeglumine (Gd-DTPA)) in a 70-year-old woman with carcinosarcoma of the uterus. In the present patient, the polypoid portion histologically most abundant in the sarcomatous component was strongly enhanced by Gd-DTPA and was clearly demonstrated with high signal intensities on contrast-enhanced Ti -weighted images. We suggest that MRI with Gd-DTPA may be clinically useful for detection of carcinosarcoma, and that any patient having endometrial carcinoma with the polypoid portion, which is more strongly enhanced by Gd-DTPA within the tumor, may be suspected of carcinosarcoma.

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