Adnexal Masses : Correlation Between MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imagery) and Anatomopathology

Several studies have identified the characteristics of adnexal masses obtained by different imaging techniques (echography, scanner and magnetic resonance) and corresponding to benign, borderline or malign masses (Kurtz et al 1999, Grabowska-Derlatka et al, 2013, Tanaka et al 2011, Asch et al 2008). Recently, studies have even established ecographic and magnetic resonance imaging scores combining these characteristics (Thomassin-Naggara 2013, Timmerman 2005), some of these characteristics being considered as more suspect than others. However, these studies have considered adnexal masses in their globality only and to our knowledge, none have correlated their imagery characteristics with their precise anatomopathology characteristics. The goal of this study is thus to correlate the pelvic magnetic resonance imagery characteristics of the adnexal masses with their anatomopathology characteristics, in order to add complementary information for the future management of masses that are defined as borderline according to imagery.