COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY AND MAGNETIC-RESONANC E-IMAGING OF INFLAMMATORY DISEASE IN THE FEMALE GENITAL-TRACT

Inflammatory disease of the female pelvis can be diagnosed both on the basis of clinical symptomes and complementary ultrasound. The role of Cr and MRI is limited to complicated cases. CT guidance allows the bi opsy needle to be localized precisely for diagnostic or therapeutic pu nctures. Furthermore, CT and MRI play an important role in the evaluat ion of prolonged puerperal fever of unknown origin: endomyometritis is associated with characteristic features in MRI, whereas puerperal ova rian vein thrombosis is best diagnosed using MR angiography. For other rare causes, MRI and CT have to be used according to clinical need.