MEDRADSC 3C03 Lecture 11: Retroperitoneal and Pelvic Biopsies
Retroperitoneum and Pelvic Biopsies
Retroperitoneal:
• Kidney
• Adrenal
• Musculature (can get lesions in muscle)
Pelvic biopsy reasons:
• Polyps
• Prostate
• Ovaries
• Pubic symph, urinary, reproductive, rectum
• Ovary attached to broad ligament, open to the peritoeu (reasos hy e do’t at to
biopsy an ovary)
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• Sagittal view
• MRI image (if CT, the soft tissue would be grainy)
• White line delineates the endometrium
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