Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Abdominal and Pelvic Pain in the Pregnant Patient

Akshay D Baheti; Refky Nicola; Genevieve L Bennett; Ritu Bordia; Mariam Moshiri; Douglas S Katz; Puneet Bhargava

doi:10.1016/j.mric.2015.11.007

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Abdominal and Pelvic Pain in the Pregnant Patient

Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2016 May;24(2):403-17. doi: 10.1016/j.mric.2015.11.007. Epub 2016 Mar 2.

Authors

Akshay D Baheti¹, Refky Nicola², Genevieve L Bennett³, Ritu Bordia⁴, Mariam Moshiri⁵, Douglas S Katz⁴, Puneet Bhargava⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Room BB308, Box 357115, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. Electronic address: akshaybaheti@gmail.com.
² Department of Radiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 648, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
³ Department of Radiology, New York University School of Medicine, 660 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
⁴ Section of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Winthrop-University Hospital, 259 First Street, Mineola, NY 11501, USA.
⁵ Department of Radiology, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Room BB308, Box 357115, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.

PMID: 27150326
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2015.11.007

Abstract

The utility of MR imaging in evaluating abdominal and pelvic pain in the pregnant patient is discussed. Details regarding the indications, technical aspects, and imaging findings of various common abdominal and pelvic abnormalities in pregnancy are reviewed.

Keywords: Acute abdomen; Appendicitis; Emergency; MR imaging; Pregnancy.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Abdomen / diagnostic imaging
Abdominal Pain / diagnostic imaging*
Abdominal Pain / etiology
Digestive System Diseases / complications
Digestive System Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Female
Female Urogenital Diseases / complications
Female Urogenital Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Pelvic Pain / diagnostic imaging*
Pelvic Pain / etiology
Pelvis / diagnostic imaging
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications / diagnostic imaging*