Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology

Teaching point: Desmoid tumors are rare locally aggressive soft tissue tumors that can occur anywhere in the body and have a varying imaging appearance.

Teaching point: The role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in diagnosing endometriosis is growing, requiring radiologists to become familiar with both typical and atypical presentations of deep infiltrating endometriosis.

A case is reported of a 46-year-old woman referred to a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for menometrorrhagia. MRI revealed a mass lesion lateral to the uterus fundus, suspicious of an ovarian granulosa cell tumor. Extensive surgery was per…

Hematocolpos, characterized by the accumulation of menstrual blood in the vagina, is a rare condition often misdiagnosed due to its uncommon occurrence and non-specific symptoms. Main causes include imperforate hymen, obstructed hemivagina …

Teaching point: Extrapelvic endometriosis involving pudendal and sciatic nerve may be a cause of lower limb pain.

This technical note describes a method of diagnosing adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder based on the real-time study of abduction movement under fluoroscopy control after opacification of the joint cavity with contrast media. This movement…

Teaching Point: Appendiceal intussusception appears as a "sausage or target shaped" lesion in the caecal lumen and may be caused by a "lead point".

Teaching point: Unexplained persistent perineal pain poses a differential diagnosis, including pelvic nerve lesions. The rare occurrence of pelvic schwannoma is easily shown by a MRI as a T2-hyperintense enhancing mass.

Teaching Point: Always look for an underlying (malignant) lead point as cause of a large bowel intussusception in adults.

Teaching Point: Magnetic resonance imaging allows adequate evaluation of the location, size and subperitoneal lesion extension of deep pelvic endometriosis, providing key information for both the diagnosis and treatment planning.

Teaching point: Splenosis must be considered in patients with history of splenectomy or splenic trauma, later presenting with multiple peritoneal nodules.

Teaching Point: The T2 dark spot sign has low sensitivity but high specificity for endometrioma on MR imaging.

An otherwise healthy 36-year-old woman consulted our department with abdominal wall pain. She had a history of double Cesarean section, and lumbar scoliosis. The pain was described as cramping and soar, intensifying after physical activity.…

Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare debilitating disease of unknown etiology, classically described as almost exclusively affecting women of childbearing age. The disease most commonly involves the lungs and is characterized by hamarto…