Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Suspicious Ovarian Lesions

Abstract

Ovarian tumors represent several histopathological entities consisting of benign, borderline, and malignant neoplasms (Kurman et al., 2014). Surgery is the most common treatment for ovarian tumors, and treatment planning may depend on the specific tumor type (Morgan et al., 2016). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been shown to be helpful in the differential diagnosis of ovarian tumors because of its high spatial resolution and soft-tissue contrast (Vargas et al., 2013). Functional imaging with DWI is a non-invasive technique which generates tissue contrast from differences in mobility of water molecules that occurs during an MR pulse sequence (Punwani, 2011). Information regarding the integrity of cellular membranes and tissue cellularity can be obtained (Kuang et al., 2013).