Abstract
The aim was to determine the utility of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging
(DW MRI) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurements in differentiation
of endometrioma and hemorrhagic ovarian cyst. A total of 24 female patients who underwent
pelvic MRI with an initial diagnosis of ovarian cyst were included in the study. The
final diagnosis was endometrioma in 12 patients and hemorrhagic ovarian cyst in 12
patients. We observed significantly lower ADC values in endometriomas compared with
hemorrhagic ovarian cysts in all b values. DW MRI with quantitative ADC measurements can be used for differentiation
of endometrioma from hemorrhagic ovarian cysts.
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Publication history
Published online: May 07, 2015
Accepted:
May 4,
2015
Received in revised form:
April 22,
2015
Received:
January 26,
2015
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