Placental recess accompanied by a T2 dark band: a new finding for diagnosing placental invasion.

Abdom Radiol (NY)

Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, 1 Hikariga-oka, Fukushima, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan.

Published: August 2017

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  • The study evaluated a new MRI feature called the placental recess for its effectiveness in diagnosing placental invasion in pregnant women undergoing cesarean sections.
  • Out of 51 patients, the placental recess showed strong reliability among different radiologists and had notable statistical significance compared to other studied MRI features.
  • Results indicated that the placental recess provided high accuracy and specific diagnostic value, suggesting it is a valuable tool in identifying placental invasion.

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Purpose: Our aim was to assess the usefulness of a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) finding, the placental recess, for diagnosing placental invasion.

Methods: This retrospective study included 51 patients (mean age 34.1 years, range 26-43 years) with suspected placental invasion who underwent cesarean section. Preoperative MRI was performed using a 1.5-T unit and included axial, sagittal, and coronal T2-weighted imaging (T2WI) with half-Fourier fast spin-echo sequences. Overall, 9 patients showed placental invasion, and 42 did not. Placental recess was defined as a placental deformity with contraction of the placental surface and outer rim of the uterus accompanied by a T2 dark band. Two radiologists independently assessed the presence of the placental recess and conventional findings including uterine bulging, abnormal placental vascularity, placental heterogeneous intensity on T2-weighted imaging (T2WI), and the T2 dark band. Fisher's two-sided exact test was used to compare findings between patients with and without placental invasion. Interobserver reliability was assessed using the kappa statistic.

Results: MRI features had interobserver reliability of >0.40. Placental recess yielded the highest kappa value (0.898). Significant differences were identified between patients with and without placental invasion regarding abnormal placental vascularity, placental heterogeneous intensity, a T2 dark band, and the placental recess on T2WI (p = 0.0282, 0.0003, 0.0003, <0.0001, respectively). The placental recess had sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, and accuracy of 56, 100, 100, 91, and 92%, respectively.

Conclusion: The placental recess was useful for diagnosing placental invasion, with high interobserver variability and accuracy.

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