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Purpose
The purpose of this study was to determine the differential characteristics on MRI between tuberculosis and lymphoma in abdominal lymph nodes.Materials and methods
We conducted a retrospective analysis for the counter, size, signal intensity, enhancement patterns, and anatomic distribution of lymph nodes in 57 consecutive patients with documented tuberculosis (28 patients; 49.1%) and newly diagnosed, untreated lymphoma (29 patients; 50.9%).Results
Twenty-four cases (85.7%) in the tuberculosis group were hyperintense on T2-weighted images and either hypointense or isointense on T1-weighted images with respect to the abdominal wall muscle. All cases in the lymphoma group were hyperintense on T2-weighted images and isointense on T1-weighted images with respect to the abdominal wall muscle. Concerning the main anatomic distribution of lymph nodes, the lymph nodes in the lower paraaortic region were more frequently involved in the lymphoma group (48.3%) than in tuberculosis (17.9%, p < 0.05). Moreover, mesenteric lymph nodes were more often involved in tuberculosis (32.1%) than in lymphoma (6.9%, p < 0.05). Tuberculous lymphadenopathy showed predominantly peripheral enhancement, frequently with a multilocular appearance; whereas lymphomatous adenopathy often demonstrated uniform homogeneous enhancement (all p < 0.001).Conclusion
Contrast-enhanced MRI can be useful in differentiation between these two entities. 相似文献2.
Henes FO Nüchtern JV Groth M Habermann CR Regier M Rueger JM Adam G Großterlinden LG 《European journal of radiology》2012,81(9):2337-2342
Objective
To compare diagnostic accuracy and interobserver reliability of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Multidetector Computed Tomography (MDCT) in the detection of acute pelvic fractures.Materials and methods
In 38 consecutive patients (mean age 74.7 years) with a positive finding of anterior pelvis fracture in the conventional X-rays, pelvic MRI and MDCT were performed for further evaluation of pelvic ring fractures. Two radiologists independently read all data sets. Sensitivity and specificity were calculated based on mean scores for each method. Sensitivities of CT and MRI were compared using a paired proportion test (McNemar). Diagnostic validity of both methods was assessed by the interobserver variability using kappa statistics. Combined clinical data and findings from all imaging studies served as the reference standard.Results
122 fractures were identified in the reference standard (37 sacral, 58 pubic, 22 acetabular, 1 ischial, 4 ilial). On average, MRI detected 96.3% whereas CT detected 77% of all fractures. With regard to sensitivity, MRI proved to be significantly better compared to MDCT (observer 1, p = 0.0009; observer 2, p = 0.0003 by observer 2). In particular, MRI performed better in the depiction of sacral fractures, reaching a sensitivity of 98.6% compared to 66.1% at CT. The interobserver variability was determined to be very good (k = 0.955 for MRI and 0.902 for MDCT).Conclusion
MRI reaches a significantly higher sensitivity than CT in the detection of acute pelvic fractures, particularly of the sacrum. Especially in elderly patients with suspicion of a sacral fracture and negative results at MDCT, MRI may be considered as the next step in diagnostic workup. 相似文献3.
Purpose
To assess the feasibility of preoperative MRI based measurement of tumor size with regard to lymph node (LN) metastasis in early uterine cervical cancer.Material and Methods
A retrospective review of patients with FIGO stage IB–IIA cervical cancer who underwent lymphadenectomy was performed. Diagnostic accuracy of MRI in detecting LN metastasis and rate of LN recurrence in terms of tumor size (≤4 cm versus >4 cm) were analyzed. ROC curve analysis was used to determine LN size for differentiating LN metastasis in terms of tumor size. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results
Of the 200 patients, 45 (22.3%) had LN metastasis. There was no statistical difference between patients-based and region-specific analysis. The patients with tumor size with >4 cm revealed higher diagnostic accuracy of MRI in detecting LN metastasis (85.4% versus 50.6%, P = 0.023) and rate of LN recurrence (20.0% versus 6.4%, P = 0.031) in than those with size with ≤4 cm, the differences were statistically significant. Discriminant analysis of LN size for the differentiation of metastasis from non-metastasis resulted in cut-off values (11.8 mm; size with >4 cm versus 8.3 mm; size with ≤4 cm) and diagnostic accuracy (84.0% of size with >4 cm versus 72.0% of size with ≤4 cm).Conclusion
MRI has limited sensitivity, but high specificity in predicting surveillance of LN metastasis in the preoperative early cervical cancer, especially useful tool for patients with tumor size with >4 cm. 相似文献4.
Furlan A Marin D Cabassa P Taibbi A Brunelli E Agnello F Lagalla R Brancatelli G 《European journal of radiology》2012,81(9):2099-2105
Objective
To evaluate agreement between contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), multi-detector row computed tomography (MDCT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the assessment of typical and atypical enhancement patterns of small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); and to compare diagnostic sensitivity of 2005 and 2010 American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) guidelines.Materials and methods
Between January 2008 and December 2009, we included cirrhotic patients with newly diagnosed 10–20 mm HCC imaged at two contrast-enhanced imaging techniques among CEUS, MDCT, and MRI. Dynamic studies were reviewed by two radiologists to assess enhancement pattern. Percentage of cases with concordant findings and Cohen coefficient (k) were calculated. McNemar's test was used to compare sensitivity between 2005 and 2010 AASLD guidelines.Results
There were 91 patients (69 M; 22 F; mean age, 68 years) with 96 HCCs, studied with a combination of CEUS and MDCT (n = 59), CEUS and MRI (n = 26), or MDCT and MRI (n = 11). Intermodality agreement for assessment of tumor enhancement pattern was 67% (k = 0.294, P = 0.001). Typical enhancement pattern was detected coincidentally at two imaging modalities in 50 (52%) HCCs. Sensitivity for the diagnosis of HCC increased significantly using the 2010 AASLD (81/96 (84%) vs. 50/96 (52%), P < 0.001).Conclusions
Agreement between two imaging modalities for the detection of typical tumor enhancement pattern was reached in 52% of cases. The 2010 AASLD guidelines significantly increased the sensitivity for the diagnosis of HCC. 相似文献5.
Purpose
To validate the diagnostic performance of quadruple phase low tube voltage liver CT through the comparison with Gd-EOB-DTPA enhanced liver MRI for the detection of HCC.Materials and methods
Non-obese patients (38 men, eight women) with 68 HCCs underwent quadruple-phase CT at 16 MDCT (using low tube voltage, 80 kVp; moderately high tube current, 280 mAs) and Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced 3 T MRI. Three observers independently and randomly reviewed the CT and MR images on a tumor-by-tumor basis. The diagnostic accuracy of these techniques for detecting HCC was assessed using alternative free-response receiver operating characteristic analysis. Sensitivity and positive predictive values were evaluated. The mean effective doses for the low dose CT were also evaluated.Results
The areas under the ROC curves were 0.963, 0.959, and 0.941 for low dose CT and 0.981, 0.982, and 0.976 for MRI. Differences in Az of the two techniques for each observer were not statistically significant (P > .05). Differences in sensitivity and positive predictive values between the two techniques for each observer were not also statistically significant: sensitivity (86.8%, 82.4%, 85.3% for CT and 95.6%, 94.1%, 91.2% for MRI) and positive predictive values (92.2%, 90.3%, 89.2% for CT and 92.9%, 92.8%, 92.5% for MRI). Six HCCs (8.8%) in five patients were observed only on hepatobiliary phase of MRI, and all were smaller than 1.5 cm. The mean effective dose for CT was approximately 10.2 mSv.Conclusions
Quadruple-phase low-dose liver CT (80 kVp, 280 mAs) had relatively good diagnostic performance for detecting HCC in non-obese patients. Because no significant difference was observed between low-dose CT and MRI, the use of low-dose liver CT can be justified based on its reduced radiation effects. 相似文献6.
Doskaliyev A Yamasaki F Ohtaki M Kajiwara Y Takeshima Y Watanabe Y Takayasu T Amatya VJ Akiyama Y Sugiyama K Kurisu K 《European journal of radiology》2012,81(2):339-344
Background and purpose
As the usefulness of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) obtained from diffusion-weighted images (DWI) for the differential diagnosis between glioblastoma and primary central nervous system lymphoma is controversial, we assessed whether high b-value DWI at b 4000 s/mm2 could discriminate between glioblastoma and lymphoma. We also compared the power of high- and standard b-value (b-4000, b-1000) imaging on a 3-Tesla (3 T) magnetic resonance (MR) instrument.Materials and methods
This study was approved by our Institutional Review Board. We acquired DWI at 3 T with b = 1000 and b = 4000 s/mm2 in 10 patients with lymphoma and 14 patients with glioblastoma. The ADC was measured by placing multiple regions of interest (ROI) on ADC maps of the site of enhanced lesions on contrast-enhanced T1-weighted MR images. We avoided hemorrhagic and cystic lesions by using T1-, T2-, FLAIR-, and T2* MR images. The ADC values of each tumor were determined preoperatively from several ROI and expressed as the minimum-, mean-, and maximum ADC value (ADCMIN, ADCMEAN, ADCMAX). We evaluated the relationship between ADCs and histological information including tumor cellularity.Results
All ADC values were statistically associated with tumor cellularity. ADCMIN at b-4000 was associated with tumor cellularity more significantly than ADCMIN at b-1000. All ADC values were lower for lymphoma than glioblastoma and the statistical difference was larger at b = 4000- than b = 1000 s/mm2. According to the results of discriminant analysis, the log likelihood was greatest for ADCMIN at b = 4000. At a cut-off value of ADCMIN = 0.500 × 10−3 mm2/s at b-4000 it was possible to differentiate between lymphoma and glioblastoma (sensitivity 90.9%, specificity 91.7%).Conclusions
Calculating the ADC value is useful for distinguishing lymphoma from glioblastoma. The lowest degree of overlapping and a better inverse correspondence with tumor cellularity were obtained with ADCMIN at b-4000 s/mm2 at 3 T MRI. 相似文献7.
Objective
The purpose of this study was to analyze CT and MR imaging (MRI) manifestation of primary adrenal lymphoma in order to better understand of this rare disease.Materials and methods
Six patients (4 men, 2 women; median age, 65.5 years) with pathologically proven primary adrenal lymphoma were retrospectively reviewed. Imaging findings (CT&;MRI, n = 3; only CT, n = 3) were analyzed and correlated with clinical and pathologic findings.Results
All cases were pathologically proven primary adrenal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with bilateral lesions in 3 cases respectively. Maximum diameters of the 9 lesions were 6.1–14.8 cm, median 10.5 cm. Seven lesions were round, oval or oblong, and 2 lesions irregular. Seven lesions were well-defined and 2 had ill-defined margins. Unenhanced CT density of 9 lesions and MR signal intensity of T1 weighted images of 6 lesions were similar to that of muscle, and all 6 lesions were hyperintense on T2-weighted MR images. Following intravenous injection of contrast media, 6 lesions had mild enhancement and 3 lesions had moderate enhancement on parenchymal phase imaging. Enhancement was homogenous in three, slightly inhomogeneous in four, and heterogeneous in two. Seven lesions, in 5 cases, infiltrated the adjacent tissues or organs in patients with large tumors.Conclusion
Primary adrenal lymphoma usually manifests as large, well-defined, soft-tissue masses replacing the adrenal gland with homogeneous or slightly inhomogeneous enhancement. Large tumors especially tend to infiltrate adjacent structures. 相似文献8.
Wang CS Yin QH Liao JS Lou JH Ding XY Zhu YB Chen KM 《European journal of radiology》2012,81(11):3397-3403
Objective
This study aims to assess retrospectively the imaging features of diaphyseal osteosarcoma and compare its characteristics with that of metaphyseal osteosarcoma.Materials and methods
Eighteen pathologically confirmed diaphyseal osteosarcomas were reviewed. Images of X-ray (n = 18), CT (n = 12) and MRI (n = 15) were evaluated by two radiologists. Differences among common radiologic findings of X-ray, CT and MRI, and between diaphyseal osteosarcomas and metaphyseal osteosarcomas in terms of tumor characteristics were compared.Results
The common imaging features of diaphyseal osteosarcoma were bone destruction, lamellar periosteal reaction with/without Codman triangle, massive soft tissue mass/swelling, neoplastic bone and/or calcification. CT and MRI had a higher detection rate in detecting bone destruction (P = 0.001) as compared with that of X-ray. X-ray and CT resulted in a higher percentage in detecting periosteal reaction (P = 0.018) and neoplastic bone and/or calcification (P = 0.043) as compared with that of MRI. There was no difference (P = 0.179) in detecting soft tissue mass among three imaging modalities. When comparing metaphyseal osteosarcoma to diaphyseal osteosarcoma, the latter had the following characteristics: a higher age of onset (P = 0.022), a larger extent of tumor (P = 0.018), a more osteolytic radiographic pattern (P = 0.043).Conclusion
As compared with metaphyseal osteosarcoma, diaphysial osteosarcoma is a special location of osteosarcoma with a lower incidence, a higher age of onset, a larger extent of tumor, a more osteolytic radiographic pattern. The osteoblastic and mixed types are diagnosed easily, but the osteolytic lesion should be differentiated from Ewing sarcoma. X-ray, CT and MRI can show imaging features from different aspects with different detection rates. 相似文献9.
Steward MJ Punwani S Proctor I Adjei-Gyamfi Y Chatterjee F Bloom S Novelli M Halligan S Rodriguez-Justo M Taylor SA 《European journal of radiology》2012,81(9):2080-2088
Objectives
To develop and validate a qualitative scoring system for enteric Crohn's disease activity using MR enterography (MRE).Methods
MRE was performed in 16 patients (mean age 33, 8 male) undergoing small bowel resection. Mural thickness, T2 signal, contrast enhancement, and perimural oedema were scored qualitatively (0–3) at 44 locations. Transmural histopathological scoring of acute inflammation (AIS) was performed at all locations (score 0–13). MRI parameters best predicting AIS were derived using multivariate analysis. The MRI activity index was applied to 26 Crohn's patients (mean age 32, range 13–69 years, 15 male) and correlated to terminal ileal biopsy scores of acute inflammation (“eAIS” score 1–6). Receiver operator characteristic curves were calculated.Results
Mural thickness (coefficient 1.34 (95% CI 0.36, 2.32)], p = 0.007) and T2 signal (coefficient 0.90 (95% CI −0.24, 2.04) p = 0.06) best predicted AIS (AIS = 1.79 + 1.34*mural thickness + 0.94*mural T2 score [R-squared 0.52]). There was a significant correlation between the MRI index and eAIS (Kendall's tau = 0.40, 95% CI 0.11–0.64, p = 0.02). The model achieved a sensitivity of 0.81 (95% CI 0.54–0.96), specificity of 0.70 (0.35–0.93) and AUC 0.77 for predicting acute inflammation (eAIS ≥2).Conclusions
A simple qualitative MRI Crohn's disease activity score appears predictive against a histopathological standard of reference. 相似文献10.
Lin ZY Lin J Lin C Li YG Chen SM Hu JP Hu R Chen J 《European journal of radiology》2012,81(7):1420-1425
Purpose
To evaluate the feasibility and therapeutic efficacy of 1.5 T conventional MR-guided percutaneous interstitial implantation of I-125 radioactive seeds in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Materials and methods
The institutional ethics committee approved this study. After imformed consent was obtained, twenty-three patients suffering from a total of 65 HCC lesions were treated with I-125 seed permanent interstitial implantation under the guidance of a 1.5 T conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. The FSE T2WI, T1 FSPGR, FIESTA 2D, 3D Dyn T1WI sequences were used to guide an 18G MR-compatible needle inserted into the lesions to introduce the I-125 seeds. The response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (RECIST) were used to evaluate the curative effect.Results
The needle and I-125 seed were seen clearly on MRI images. The final dose delivered to total decay was 173.46 ± 32.44 Gy (range, 110–270 Gy) as calculated by postoperative TPS. The complete response (CR) was seen in 22 lesions (33.8%), partial response (PR) in 24 lesions (36.9%), stable disease (SD) in 9 lesions (13.8%), and progressive disease (PD) in 10 lesions (15.4%). The post-operative alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) was decreased (t = 3.117, P = 0.005 < 0.05). Two patients were observed a small area of subcapsular bleeding that did not lead to any symptoms or clinical sequelae.Conclusion
MR-guided I-125 implantation for HCC is technically feasible and effective. 相似文献11.
Flow and peak velocity measurements in patients with aortic valve stenosis using phase contrast MR accelerated with k-t BLAST 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Objective
To investigate the accuracy of velocity measurements in patients with aortic valve stenosis using phase contrast (PC) imaging accelerated with SENSE (Sensitivity Encoding) and k-t BLAST (Broad-use Linear Acquisition Speed-up Technique).Methods
Accelerated quantitative breath hold PC measurements, using SENSE and k-t BLAST, were performed in twelve patients whose aortic valve stenosis had been initially diagnosed using echocardiography. Stroke volume (SV) and peak velocity measurements were performed on each subject in three adjacent slices using both accelerating methods.Results
The peak velocities measured with PC MRI using SENSE were −8.0 ± 9.5% lower (p < 0.01) compared to the peak velocities measured with k-t BLAST and the correlation was r = 0.83. The stroke volumes when using SENSE were slightly higher 0.4 ± 17.1 ml compared to the SV obtained using k-t BLAST but the difference was not significant (p > 0.05).Conclusions
In this study higher peak velocities were measured in patients with aortic stenosis when combining k-t BLAST with PC MRI compared to PC MRI using SENSE. A probable explanation of this difference is the higher temporal resolution achieved in the k-t BLAST measurement. There was, however, no significant difference between calculated SV based on PC MRI using SENSE and k-t BLAST, respectively. 相似文献12.
Tan H Zhang S Liu H Peng W Li R Gu Y Wang X Mao J Shen X 《European journal of radiology》2012,81(1):e62-e69
Purpose
To study the radiological appearance and pathological features of breast phyllodes tumors (PTs), and to enhance the recognition of the tumor.Materials and methods
Clinical and imaging findings were retrospectively reviewed in 24 women with PTs confirmed by surgical pathology. All of the 24 patients had preoperative MRI and sonography, and 10 had preoperative mammography.Results
The histologic findings were benign, borderline and malignant PTs in 16.7% (4/24), 45.8% (11/24) and 37.5% (9/24) of cases, respectively. The tumor size (p = 0.001), irregular shape on sonographic imaging (p = 0.039), internal non-enhanced septations (p = 0.009), silt-like changes in enhanced images (p = 0.006) and signal changes from T2-weighted to enhanced images on MRI (p = 0.001) correlated significantly with the histologic grade; the BI-RADS category of the MRI could reflect the PT's histologic grade with a correlation coefficient of 0.440 (p = 0.031). If the category BI-RADS ≥4a was considered to be a suspicious malignant lesion, the diagnostic accuracy of mammography, US and MRI would be 70% (7/10), 62.5% (15/24) and 95.8% (23/24), respectively.Conclusion
The tumor size and several US and MRI findings can be used to help preoperatively determine the histologic grade of breast PTs. When a patient presents with a progressively enlarging, painless breast mass, MRI should be recommended first. 相似文献13.
Yang R Jing ZL Zhang XM Tang W Xiao B Huang XH Yang L Feng ZS 《European journal of radiology》2012,81(11):3041-3047
Objective
To study MRI findings of abdominal wall edema (AWE) in acute pancreatitis as well as correlations between AWE and the severity of acute pancreatitis according to the MR severity index (MRSI) and the Acute Physiology And Chronic Healthy Evaluation III (APACHE III) scoring system.Materials and methods
A total of 160 patients with AP admitted to our institution between December 2009 and March 2011 were included in this study. MRI was performed within 48 h after admission. MRI findings of acute pancreatitis were noted, including AWE on the MRI. The abdominal wall area was divided into quarters, and each area involved was recorded as 1 point to score the severity of AWE. The severity of acute pancreatitis was studied using both the MRSI and the APACHE III scoring system. Spearman correlation of AWE with the MRSI and the APACHE III scoring system was analyzed.Results
In 160 patients with acute pancreatitis, 53.8% had AWE on MRI. The average AWE score was 1.2 ± 1.4 points. The prevalence of AWE was 30.5%, 64.5% and 100% in mild, moderate and severe AP, respectively, according to MRSI. AWE on MRI was correlated with MRSI scores (r = 0.441, p = 0.000). According to APACHE III scores, the averages were 2.0 ± 1.1 and 2.6 ± 1.1 points in mild AP and severe AP, respectively (P = 0.016). AWE was slightly correlated with the APACHE III scores (r = 0.222, p = 0.005).Conclusion
AWE on MRI in acute pancreatitis is common, which may be a supplementary indicator in determining the severity of AP. 相似文献14.
Song J Zhang C Liu Q Yu T Jiang X Xia Q Zhang Y Sequeiros RB 《European journal of radiology》2012,81(9):2137-2143
Objective
The purpose of our study was to evaluate the value of chemical shift imaging (CSI) and diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) at 3.0 T MRI in adrenal hyperattenuating lesions.Methods
Fifty-one hyperattenuating adrenal lesions in 40 patients were evaluated. Signal intensity index (SII), adrenal to spleen ratio (ASR) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) were used as quantitative analysis parameters.Results
The mean SII, ASR and ADC values were: benign pheochromocytomas (n = 22), 7.04%; 0.96, 1.15 × 10−3 mm2/s; lipid-poor adenomas (n = 18), 33.77%, 0.71, 1.07 × 10−3 mm2/s; malignant tumors (n = 7), 11.24%; 1.00; 0.92 × 10−3mm2/s. There were significant differences between the lipid-poor adenomas and nonadenomas for SII and ASR, and there were significant differences between the benign and the malignant tumor ADC values. The optimal diagnostic threshold point of SII and ASR for lipid-poor adenomas was 11.96%, 0.83, the sensitivity and specificity were 88.9%, 97.5% and 97%, 83.3%. The optimal diagnostic threshold point of ADC value for benign lesions and malignant tumors was 1.04 × 10−3 mm2/s, the sensitivity and specificity were 61.4% and 85.7%.Conclusion
Quantitative analysis of chemical shift MRI and DWI can help to characterize the hyperattenuating adrenal lesions, especially in differentiatiation between the lipid-poor adenomas, the benign pheochromocytomas, and the malignant tumors. 相似文献15.
Purpose
Kikuchi's disease, or histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, is a self-limited necrotizing lymphadenitis. Clinically, it resembles lymphoma. We want to compare the sonographic features between Kikuchi's disease and lymphoma in patients with cervical lymphadenopathy.Materials and methods
The study protocol was approved by the institutional review board. Two hundred and twenty six cervical lymph nodes (137 nodes from 21 Kikuchi's disease patients and 89 nodes from 20 malignant lymphoma patients) were examined. The demographic and ultrasonographic characteristics of lymph nodes were collected and analyzed.Results
The Kikuchi's disease patients (mean age, 24.2 years; range, 8–57 years) were younger than those with lymphoma (mean age, 54 years; range, 13–81 years). There was no difference in laterality of nodes (p = 0.19). The nodal distribution demonstrated most enlarged neck lymph nodes located at level II, III and V. The ranges of short-axis and long-axis length were 6.5 ± 2.3 mm (mean ± SD) versus 13.4 ± 5.1 mm and 13.4 ± 5.0 mm versus 21.2 ± 9.2 mm for Kikuchi's disease versus lymphoma (p < 0.01), respectively. The S/R ratio of Kikuchi's disease nodes was 0.5 ± 0.2 compared to 0.7 ± 0.2 in lymphoma nodes (p < 0.01). Eighty-seven of 137 nodes (63.5%) of Kikuchi's disease, and eight of 89 nodes (9%) of malignant lymphoma had signs of cortical widening (p < 0.01). Seventy-six nodes (55.5%) of Kikuchi's disease and twenty-eight nodes (31.5%) of malignant lymphoma were matted (p < 0.01). Forty-five of 89 nodes among lymphoma and twenty-four among 137 of Kikuchi's disease had features of micronodular reticular echotexture (p < 0.01). All nodes exhibited hypoechogenicity except one lymphomatous node demonstrated isoechogenicity, and there was no difference in sharpness of border and presence of echogenic hilum between the two diseases (p > 0.05).Conclusion
Analysis of basic ultrasonographic characteristics (size, shape, rims, matting and echotexture) helps differentiate cervical lymph nodes in patients with Kikuchi's disease and lymphoma. Cervical lymphadenopathies in patients with Kikuchi's disease have smaller size, less round, less micronodular reticular echotexture, and more signs of matting and cortical widening than those with lymphoma examined under ultrasound. 相似文献16.
Background
To explore the use of magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) as an oral contrast medium (CM) in MRI of the small intestine.Methods
By comparing MgSO4 SNRs at different concentrations, we determined that 2.5% MgSO4 is the ideal concentration for small bowel MRI. Twenty volunteers underwent MRI after drinking 2.5% MgSO4. Thirty-one patients with clinical suspicion of small intestinal pathology underwent both MRI and the air-barium contrast examination. The patient's tolerance, side effects and complications were noted.Results
2.5% MgSO4 can decrease the absorption of water and fully fill the enteric cavity, thereby increasing the contrast between the intestinal wall and lumen and facilitating radiographic examination of the small bowel. The mean diameter of the small intestine was 19.8 ± 1.21 mm in the 20 volunteers consuming 2.5% MgSO4 and 12.7 ± 0.84 mm in the 20 volunteers given water. There was a significant difference (P < 0.05) between the diameters of the small intestine of the two groups. But there were no significant differences (P > 0.05) in side effects between MgSO4 and water groups. Small intestinal MRI was successfully performed in all 31 patients, who were also examined by the double contrast barium, which gave almost identical diagnoses to MRI in all cases except for 1 patient with small intestinal hemorrhage.Conclusions
MRI with 2.5% MgSO4 can demonstrate intestinal abnormalities. Therefore, 2.5% MgSO4 solution is an ideal oral CM for small bowel MRI. 相似文献17.
Purpose
To evaluate the utility of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurement in characterization of focal solid hepatic lesions and determine the role of ADC values in differentiation of solid benign and solid malignant hepatic lesions.Materials and methods
Between June 2006 and December 2010, a total of 95 focal solid hepatic lesions in 95 consecutive patients were evaluated by abdominal MRI. Diffusion weighted MRI was performed with b 100, b 600 and b 1000 gradients with ADC measurements. Comparison of mean ADC values between solid benign (focal nodular hyperplasia and other solid benign lesions) and solid malignant lesion (hepatocellular carcinoma, metastasis, and cholangiocarcinoma) groups and between each benign and malignant lesion was done. The ROC analyses were performed in order to determine cut-off ADC values for differentiation of benign and malignant lesion groups at 3 different gradients.Results
Twenty-six of 95 lesions were benign and 69 were malignant. Mean ADC values of solid benign lesions at b 100, b 600 and b 1000 gradients were 2.25 ± 0.54 × 10−3, 1.97 ± 0.64 × 10−3 and 1.52 ± 0.47 × 10−3 mm2/s, respectively. Mean ADC values of solid malignant lesions at b 100, b 600 and b 1000 gradients were 1.84 ± 0.57 × 10−3, 1.37 ± 0.38 × 10−3 and 1.08 ± 0.22 × 10−3 mm2/s, respectively. The ADC values of solid benign lesions were significantly higher than solid malignant lesions at all 3 gradients (P < 0.05). Differentiation of benign and malignant subtype lesions from each other in their groups did not yield as significant findings as comparing results between benign and malignant lesions.Conclusion
Although ADC measurements were not helpful for differentiating subtypes of solid benign or solid malignant lesions, ADC measurements at 3 different gradients may be useful in differential diagnosis of benign lesions from malignant ones. 相似文献18.
Objective
To assess the clinical value of strain ratio in differentiating thyroid solid nodules and explore its distribution characters based on pathological results.Materials and methods
The study was approved by the ethic committee and the informed consents were signed. Ninety nine solid thyroid nodules (67 benign and 32 malignant) from 71 female (mean age 46.3 ± 9.8 years) and 28 male (mean age 54.9 ± 11.7 years) patients were evaluated. Five radiologists evaluated the nodules based on a four-degree elastography score system. Strain ratio was calculated on-line. Diagnostic performances of the two evaluations were compared using Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves. Values of different pathological nodules were compared by one-way ANOVA.Results
Areas under the ROC curve (AUC) of the five readers were 0.82, 0.81, 0.79, 0.73 and 0.83, respectively. The AUC of strain ratio evaluation was higher (0.88 vs. 0.79, p < 0.001) than that of the ES score evaluation. Best cut-off points of the two evaluations were 3.5 (82% sensitivity, 72% specificity) and 4.225 (81% sensitivity, 83% specificity), respectively. Both the ES score and strain ratio were higher for malignant nodules than that for benign ones (p < 0.001).Conclusions
Strain ratio was a useful index in differential diagnosis of thyroid solid nodules. It can provide quantitative information on thyroid nodule characterization and improve diagnostic confidence. The best cut-off point for benign and malignant nodules was 4.2. 相似文献19.
de Assis RA Ribeiro AA Kay FU Rosemberg LA Nomura CH Loggetto SR Araujo AS Fabron Junior A de Almeida Veríssimo MP Baldanzi GR Espósito BP Baroni RH Wood JC Hamerschlak N 《European journal of radiology》2012,81(7):1465-1470
Purpose
To assess the correlation between MRI findings of the pancreas with those of the heart and liver in patients with beta thalassemia; to compare the pancreas T2* MRI results with glucose and ferritin levels and labile plasma iron (LPI).Materials and methods
We retrospectively evaluated chronically transfused patients, testing glucose with enzymatic tests, serum ferritin with chemiluminescence, LPI with cellular fluorescence, and T2* MRI to assess iron content in the heart, liver, and pancreas. MRI results were compared with one another and with serum glucose, ferritin, and LPI. Liver iron concentration (LIC) was determined in 11 patients’ liver biopsies by atomic absorption spectrometry.Results
289 MRI studies were available from 115 patients during the period studied. 9.4% of patients had overt diabetes and an additional 16% of patients had impaired fasting glucose. Both pancreatic and cardiac R2* had predictive power (p < 0.0001) for identifying diabetes. Cardiac and pancreatic R2* were modestly correlated with one another (r2 = 0.20, p < 0.0001). Both were weakly correlated with LIC (r2 = 0.09, p < 0.0001 for both) and serum ferritin (r2 = 0.14, p < 0.0001 and r2 = 0.03, p < 0.02, respectively). None of the three served as a screening tool for single observations. There is a strong log–log, or power-law, relationship between ratio of signal intensity (SIR) values and pancreas R2* with an r2 of 0.91.Conclusions
Pancreatic iron overload can be assessed by MRI, but siderosis in other organs did not correlate significantly with pancreatic hemosiderosis. 相似文献20.
Scholl D Kim HW Shah D Fine NM Tandon S Thompson T Drangova M White JA 《European journal of radiology》2012,81(8):e923-e928