PURPOSE: The aim of this prospective study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal sonography (TVS) with that of MRI in the local staging of cervical @entity5 . METHODS: All consecutive @entity1 diagnosed with invasive @entity189 over a 3-year period underwent MRI of the pelvis and TVS according to a standardized protocol. RESULTS: In total, 46 @entity1 were recruited to the study. We found a strong correlation between MRI and TVS in the assessment of @entity5 volume in both early-stage and advanced-stage disease (p < 0.0001). Both MRI and TVS had a sensitivity of 80%, a specificity of 50%, and a diagnostic accuracy of 63.6% for the detection of stromal invasion in early-stage disease. For the detection of parametrial invasion, we found sensitivity rates of 40% for MRI and 86% for TVS; specificity rates of 78.8% for MRI and 20% for TVS; and diagnostic accuracy rates of 89% for MRI and 78.7% for TVS. A matched-sample analysis revealed that there was no statistically significant difference between MRI and TVS in the assessment of stromal or parametrial invasion (p = 0.06). CONCLUSIONS: TVS performed by a dedicated gynecologic radiologist is a feasible and economic imaging modality with a diagnostic accuracy comparable to that of MRI. It may be used as an adjunct to MRI for the local staging of @entity3 or to allow for rapid and confident triage of @entity1 into operative and nonoperative categories for management in the gynecologic outpatient setting.    2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2015.

Comparison of MRI and high-resolution transvaginal sonography for the local staging of cervical XXXX .

@entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['tumor', 'cancer'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity189 :: ('MESH:D002277', 'Disease') :: ['carcinoma of the cervix'] @entity3 :: ('MESH:D009362', 'Disease') :: ['invasive cervical cancer']
@entity5 :: (MESH:D009369,Disease) :: ['cancer']
