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  • Title: MRI characteristics of the uterine junctional zone: from normal to the diagnosis of adenomyosis.
    Author: Novellas S, Chassang M, Delotte J, Toullalan O, Chevallier A, Bouaziz J, Chevallier P.
    Journal: AJR Am J Roentgenol; 2011 May; 196(5):1206-13. PubMed ID: 21512093.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: MRI was the first imaging technique to permit the visualization of the uterine junctional zone and remains the imaging method of choice to evaluate it and its associated pathology. CONCLUSION: Adenomyosis can be diagnosed using MRI with a diagnostic accuracy of 85%. The most important MR finding in making the diagnosis is thickness of the junctional zone exceeding 12 mm. The principal limitation of MRI is the absence of a definable junctional zone on imaging, which occurs in 20% of premenopausal women.
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