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According to recent research from the United States, "The purpose of our study was to evaluate the sonographic, contrast-enhanced CT, and gadolinium-enhanced MRI findings of primary malignant mixed mullerian tumors (MMMTs) of the uterus."
"Uterine MMMT most commonly presents as an intracavitary mass with coexistent dilatation of the endometrial canal. Tumors tend to appear hyperechoic on sonography, heterogeneously hypodense and ill defined on contrast-enhanced CT, and heterogeneously hyperintense on T2-weighted MR images with signal abnormalities indicating subacute hemorrhage on T1-weighted MR images," wrote S.Y. Teo and colleagues, Brigham and Women's Hospital (see also Gynecology).
The researchers concluded: "Myometrial invasion is common and has a predilection for the uterine fundus."
Teo and colleagues published their study in ...