Bladder vessel sign
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Alhusseiny K, Bladder vessel sign. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 18 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-167652
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Bladder vessel sign refers to the visualization of tortuous flow voids on MRI traversing space between the urinary bladder and the uterus (vesicouterine space); which normally contains fat and is devoid of blood vessels.
The sign is seen in the case of placenta accreta spectrum disorders, where there is an extrauterine spread of invasive placenta.
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- 1. Jha P, Pōder L, Bourgioti C et al. Society of Abdominal Radiology (SAR) and European Society of Urogenital Radiology (ESUR) Joint Consensus Statement for MR Imaging of Placenta Accreta Spectrum Disorders. Eur Radiol. 2020;30(5):2604-15. doi:10.1007/s00330-019-06617-7 - Pubmed
- 2. Bourgioti C, Zafeiropoulou K, Fotopoulos S et al. MRI Features Predictive of Invasive Placenta With Extrauterine Spread in High-Risk Gravid Patients: A Prospective Evaluation. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2018;211(3):701-11. doi:10.2214/AJR.17.19303 - Pubmed
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