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19755601

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-9-16
pubmed:abstractText
The placenta is often overlooked in the routine evaluation of a normal gestation, receiving attention only when an abnormality is detected. Although uncommon, abnormalities of the placenta are important to recognize owing to the potential for maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. Pathologic conditions of the placenta include placental causes of hemorrhage, gestational trophoblastic disease, retained products of conception, nontrophoblastic placental tumors, metastases, and cystic lesions. Sonography remains the imaging modality of choice for evaluation of the placenta. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging can be of added diagnostic value when further characterization is required, particularly in the setting of invasive placental processes such as placenta accreta and gestational trophoblastic disease. Computed tomography (CT) has a limited role in the evaluation of placental disease owing to limited tissue characterization, compared with that of MR imaging, and the radiation risk to the fetus; this risk often outweighs the benefit. The primary role for CT is in the evaluation of trauma and gestational trophoblastic disease, for which it allows characterization of the primary lesion and distant metastases.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1527-1323
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) RSNA, 2009.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1371-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-22
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Imaging of the placenta: a multimodality pictorial review.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Health System, B 2 A205 University Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0030, USA. kelsayes@med.umich.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review