Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery for the Treatment of Symptomatic Uterine Fibroids

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Case : (a) screening coronal T2-w showing the bigger intramural fibroid on the right wall of the uterus, the small intracavitary submucosal fibroid on the mid left (white arrow), and one more small intramural fibroid on the left wall of the uterus; (b) axial T1-w acquired after intravenous injection of paramagnetic contrast medium acquired at the end of the treatment showing treated fibroids as nonenhancing round lesions (white arrow on the small intracavitary submucosal fibroid); (c) in a follow-up MRI, the small intracavitary submucosal fibroid was no more appreciable; the white arrow shows the “empty” uterine cavity after spontaneous vaginal expulsion.

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