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DOI:10.2214/AJR.05.0508
AJR 2006; 187:W275-W284
© American Roentgen Ray Society

Pictorial Essay

MRI of Rectal Disorders

Christine C. Hoeffel1, Louisa Azizi1, Najat Mourra2, Maïté Lewin1, Lionel Arrivé1 and Jean-Michel Tubiana1

1 Department of Radiology, Université Paris-Descartes Faculté de Medecine Cochin Port-Royal, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, 184 Rue du Faubourg, Saint-Antoine 75571, Paris cedex 12, France.
2 Department of Pathology, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Saint-Antoine 75571, Paris cedex 12, France.

OBJECTIVE. The objective of this pictorial essay is to provide a review of the diseases involving the rectal wall with an emphasis on the key clinical and radiologic differentiating features.

CONCLUSION. A wide spectrum of disease processes can involve the rectum in adults. MRI is the technique of choice in the definitive diagnosis of these disease conditions, mainly because of its superior tissue contrast differentiation.

Keywords: colon • gastrointestinal radiology • MRI


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