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Transient uterine contraction mimicking adenomyosis on MRI

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Transient myometrial contraction as a physiological phenomenon may simulate pathological conditions, such as a focal or diffuse adenomyosis. Clinicians should be aware of the potential presence of this phenomenon and imaging should be repeated after a suitable interval when the nature of a bulge or a region of low intensity in the myometrium is in doubt. In this paper, we report a transient myometrial contraction that mimics an adenomyosis, but disappears in repeated series.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Antwerp, Wilrijkstraat 10, B-2650 Edegem, Belgium, BE

    Ö. Özsarlak, A. M. de Schepper, F. Deckers & P. M. Parizel

  2. Department of Radiology, Middelheim Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium, BE

    E. Schepens

  3. Medisch Centrum voor Vruchtbaarheidsdiagnostiek and IVF-ET, Leuven, Belgium, BE

    R. Campo

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Received 10 February 1997; Revision received 9 April 1997; Accepted 21 May 1997

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Özsarlak, Ö., Schepens, E., de Schepper, A. et al. Transient uterine contraction mimicking adenomyosis on MRI. Eur Radiol 8, 54–56 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300050337

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