{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,18]],"date-time":"2026-08-18T02:50:31Z","timestamp":1787021431847,"version":"build-2736575974"},"reference-count":24,"publisher":"Oxford University Press (OUP)","issue":"1121","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2021,2,9]],"date-time":"2021-02-09T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1612828800000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/journals\/pages\/open_access\/funder_policies\/chorus\/standard_publication_model"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,1]]},"abstract":"<jats:p>Currently, ultrasound (US) is a valuable imaging tool for the initial assessment and evaluation of the female genital organs, uterus, and adnexa. However, it is easy to overlook the uterine cervix while conducting a pelvic US. Uterine cervical lesions may range from benign to malignant in nature. Therefore, meticulous examination with US may play a key role in assessing uterine cervical lesions. Although there is substantial overlap in the US findings across various uterine cervical lesions, some US features, in tandem with clinical characteristics, may suggest a specific diagnosis. Familiarity with the clinical settings and US characteristics of different uterine cervical lesions can support prompt and accurate diagnosis of suspicious lesions. This review article aims to describe the features of US and possible values for distinction of these lesions in the uterine cervix.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1259\/bjr.20201242","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,2,9]],"date-time":"2021-02-09T13:29:12Z","timestamp":1612877352000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Ultrasonographic features of uterine cervical lesions"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"94","author":[{"given":"Hyunji","family":"Oh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine , Seoul , South Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sung Bin","family":"Park","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine , Seoul , South Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hyun Jeong","family":"Park","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine , Seoul , South Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eun Sun","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine , Seoul , South Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joonho","family":"Hur","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine , Seoul , South Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Woosun","family":"Choi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine , Seoul , South Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Byung Ihn","family":"Choi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine , Seoul , South Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,2,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"2024050215461706200_b1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1575","DOI":"10.1148\/rg.326125513","article-title":"Imaging of the female pelvis through the life cycle","volume":"32","author":"Langer","year":"2012","journal-title":"Radiographics"},{"key":"2024050215461706200_b2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"596","DOI":"10.1148\/rg.2016150155","article-title":"Us of the nongravid cervix with multimodality imaging correlation: normal appearance, pathologic conditions, and diagnostic pitfalls","volume":"36","author":"Wildenberg","year":"2016","journal-title":"Radiographics"},{"key":"2024050215461706200_b3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"462","DOI":"10.1002\/uog.6444","article-title":"Diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal ultrasound examination for assigning a specific diagnosis to adnexal masses","volume":"34","author":"Sokalska","year":"2009","journal-title":"Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"2024050215461706200_b4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1155\/2015\/679730","article-title":"First-Trimester uterine artery Doppler analysis in the prediction of later pregnancy complications","volume":"2015","author":"Khong","year":"2015","journal-title":"Dis Markers"},{"key":"2024050215461706200_b5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1237","DOI":"10.1016\/j.rcl.2014.07.003","article-title":"Ultrasonography evaluation of pelvic masses","volume":"52","author":"Chu","year":"2014","journal-title":"Radiol Clin North Am"},{"key":"2024050215461706200_b6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"311","DOI":"10.1007\/s13224-014-0622-4","article-title":"The role of ultrasound in the assessment of uterine cervical cancer","volume":"64","author":"Alc\u00e1zar","year":"2014","journal-title":"J Obstet Gynaecol India"},{"key":"2024050215461706200_b7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"485","DOI":"10.1007\/s11604-017-0657-4","article-title":"Value of ultrasonographic evaluation for soft-tissue lesions: focus on incidentally detected lesions on CT\/MRI","volume":"35","author":"Park","year":"2017","journal-title":"Jpn J Radiol"},{"key":"2024050215461706200_b8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e888","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejrad.2012.04.025","article-title":"Is transvaginal elastography useful in pre-operative diagnosis of cervical cancer?","volume":"81","author":"Sun","year":"2012","journal-title":"Eur J Radiol"},{"key":"2024050215461706200_b9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"667","DOI":"10.7863\/ultra.33.4.667","article-title":"Ultrasound elastography in the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant cervical lesions","volume":"33","author":"Lu","year":"2014","journal-title":"J Ultrasound Med"},{"key":"2024050215461706200_b10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"193","DOI":"10.1016\/j.acra.2006.11.010","article-title":"Real-Time sonoelastography of the cervix: tissue elasticity of the normal and abnormal cervix","volume":"14","author":"Thomas","year":"2007","journal-title":"Acad Radiol"},{"key":"2024050215461706200_b11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"19","DOI":"10.1148\/radiol.2331020777","article-title":"Mullerian duct anomalies: imaging and clinical issues","volume":"233","author":"Troiano","year":"2004","journal-title":"Radiology"},{"key":"2024050215461706200_b12","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"517","DOI":"10.2214\/AJR.09.3619","article-title":"Multilocular cystic lesions in the uterine cervix: broad spectrum of imaging features and pathologic correlation","volume":"195","author":"Bin Park","year":"2010","journal-title":"AJR Am J Roentgenol"},{"key":"2024050215461706200_b13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jmu.2015.12.006","article-title":"Ultrasonography of uterine leiomyomas","volume":"24","author":"Rashid","year":"2016","journal-title":"J Med Ultrasound"},{"key":"2024050215461706200_b14","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"425","DOI":"10.1148\/rg.232025065","article-title":"MR imaging of the uterine cervix: imaging-pathologic correlation","volume":"23","author":"Okamoto","year":"2003","journal-title":"Radiographics"},{"key":"2024050215461706200_b15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"452.e1","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajog.2011.06.070","article-title":"Cervical endometriosis: clinical character and management experience in a 27-year span","volume":"205","author":"Wang","year":"2011","journal-title":"Am J Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"2024050215461706200_b16","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.4103\/0974-1208.126312","article-title":"Diagnosis and management of cervical ectopic pregnancy","volume":"6","author":"Singh","year":"2013","journal-title":"J Hum Reprod Sci"},{"key":"2024050215461706200_b17","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"297","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1469-0705.2002.00559.x","article-title":"Cervical ectopic pregnancy: a case report and literature review","volume":"19","author":"Gun","year":"2002","journal-title":"Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology"},{"key":"2024050215461706200_b18","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"553","DOI":"10.1002\/jcu.1870120905","article-title":"Ultrasonographic differentiation of cervical abortion from cervical pregnancy","volume":"12","author":"Vas","year":"1984","journal-title":"J Clin Ultrasound"},{"key":"2024050215461706200_b19","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"586","DOI":"10.1067\/mob.2003.137","article-title":"Vaginal sonography and cervical incompetence","volume":"188","author":"Owen","year":"2003","journal-title":"Am J Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"2024050215461706200_b20","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"113","DOI":"10.1258\/ar.2012.120059","article-title":"Adenoma malignum of the uterine cervix: imaging features with clinicopathologic correlation","volume":"54","author":"Park","year":"2013","journal-title":"Acta Radiol"},{"key":"2024050215461706200_b21","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"716","DOI":"10.1002\/uog.9078","article-title":"Adenoma malignum of the uterine cervix: ultrasonographic findings in 11 patients","volume":"38","author":"Park","year":"2011","journal-title":"Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"2024050215461706200_b22","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"512","DOI":"10.1002\/uog.7638","article-title":"Sonographic characteristics of squamous cell cancer and adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix","volume":"36","author":"Epstein","year":"2010","journal-title":"Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol"},{"issue":"5-6","key":"2024050215461706200_b23","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"309","DOI":"10.1007\/s13244-010-0042-7","article-title":"Imaging of endometrial and cervical cancer","volume":"1","author":"Patel","year":"2010","journal-title":"Insights Imaging"},{"key":"2024050215461706200_b24","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"405","DOI":"10.1002\/uog.14905","article-title":"Transvaginal ultrasound for preoperative assessment of myometrial invasion in patients with endometrial cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"46","author":"Alc\u00e1zar","year":"2015","journal-title":"Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol"}],"container-title":["The British Journal of Radiology"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/bjr\/article-pdf\/94\/1121\/20201242\/57374135\/bjr.20201242.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"syndication"},{"URL":"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/bjr\/article-pdf\/94\/1121\/20201242\/57374135\/bjr.20201242.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,2]],"date-time":"2024-05-02T12:41:39Z","timestamp":1714653699000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/bjr\/article\/doi\/10.1259\/bjr.20201242\/7476754"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2021,2,9]]},"references-count":24,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1121","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,2,9]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,1]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1259\/bjr.20201242","relation":{},"ISSN":["0007-1285","1748-880X"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0007-1285","type":"print"},{"value":"1748-880X","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published-other":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,1]]},"published":{"date-parts":[[2021,2,9]]},"article-number":"20201242"}}