MRI of rectal disorders.
Christine C Hoeffel, Louisa Azizi, Najat Mourra, Maïté Lewin, Lionel Arrivé, Jean-Michel Tubiana
Department of Radiology, Université Paris-Descartes Faculté de Medecine Cochin Port-Royal, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, 184 Rue du Faubourg, Saint-Antoine 75571, Paris cedex 12, France. christine.hoeffel@sat.ap-hop-paris.fr
AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2006 SepThe objective of this pictorial essay is to provide a review of the diseases involving the rectal wall with an emphasis on the key clinical and radiologic differentiating features. A wide spectrum of disease processes can involve the rectum in adults. MRI is the technique of choice in the definitive diagnosis of these disease conditions, mainly because of its superior tissue contrast differentiation.
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Christine C Hoeffel, Louisa Azizi, Najat Mourra, Maïté Lewin, Lionel Arrivé, Jean-Michel Tubiana. MRI of rectal disorders. AJR. American journal of roentgenology. 2006 Sep;187(3):W275-84
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