DIAGNOSIS OF UTERINE ABNORMALITIES WITH RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING

A pelvic hypervascular brush often creates a diagnostic dilemma during radionuclide abdominal imaging studies in females. This blush is show n to be due to uterine vascularity that is more prominent in the secre tory and menstrual phases of the menstrual cycle. Significant uterine vascularity in the earlier phases is inappropriate and may be patholog ic. Three such cases are presented in which increased uterine vascular ity on radionuclide imaging during the proliferative phase either lead to a diagnosis or supported a clinical finding.