Role of magnetic resonance imaging in pregnancy-associated obstetric and gynecological complications

• Main Authors: Gayathri Nagenthran, Rajeshwaran Rangasami, Anupama Chandrasekharan, Poovini Soundararajan, Usha Rani Godla
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SpringerOpen 2019-12-01
• Series: The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
• Subjects: Pregnancy; Ectopic; Uterine pathology; Ovarian complication
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s43055-019-0112-x

Abstract Background To study the role of MRI in diagnosing pregnancy-associated obstetric and gynecological complications. We prospectively studied 48 pregnant and postpartum women, aged between 20 and 45 years, who were referred for MRI between August 2016 and April 2018 with suspected pregnancy-associated obstetric and gynecological complication. MRI findings were confirmed by intra-operative or histological findings. Results Out of the 48 patients, there were 32 women with suspected placenta accreta, 5 pregnant women with 6 ectopic pregnancies (1 patient had two gestational sacs), 3 with ovarian pathologies, 3 with uterine pathologies, 3 with abruptio placenta, and 2 with miscellaneous pathologies. In our study, there was an accuracy of 81.6% with sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 50%. There was 100% accuracy in predicting abruptio placenta, ovarian, uterine, and miscellaneous pathologies by MRI. There was 83.4% and 75% accuracy in predicting ectopic pregnancy and placenta accreta, respectively, by MRI. Conclusion MRI is very useful to diagnose pregnancy-associated obstetric and gynecological complications. It will be an important complementary tool to sonography and thereby facilitate better patient management.