Assessment of ovaries by magnetic resonance imaging in patients presenting with polycystic ovarian syndrome

Human Reproduction
N FaureA Lemay

Abstract

The demonstration of bilaterally enlarged ovaries with multiple small cysts at ultrasound is the morphological hallmark of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). However, a number of patients with clinical and biochemical diagnosis of PCOS have ovaries that are without sonographically visible discrete cysts. A better contrast resolution is obtained with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and enables visualization of organ structure not seen with other techniques. The purpose of the study was to relate the clinical and biochemical features of 10 patients presenting with a PCOS profile to magnetic resonance imaging and to compare these findings with those observed at ultrasound. With MRI, at least one ovary typical of PCOS could be visualized in eight patients, while this was the case in only three patients with ultrasound. The ultrasound examinations were indeed equivocal in the majority of patients (seven cases). No apparent relationship could be found between the clinical and biochemical parameters and ovarian morphology assessed by MRI or ultrasound. In summary, the present study supports the superiority of MRI technique to assess ovarian morphology over the ultrasound technology used in our study. However, the recent technologica...Continue Reading

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