PANCREATIC SIGNAL INTENSITY ON T1-WEIGHTED FAT-SATURATION MR-IMAGES - CLINICAL CORRELATION

被引：68

作者：

WINSTON, CB ^{[1
]}

MITCHELL, DG ^{[1
]}

OUTWATER, EK ^{[1
]}

EHRLICH, SM ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIV HOSP,DEPT RADIOL,1096 MAIN BLDG,PHILADELPHIA,PA 19107

来源：

JMRI-JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING | 1995年 / 5卷 / 03期

关键词：

PANCREAS; MR; NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS; TISSUE SUPPRESSION;

D O I：

10.1002/jmri.1880050307

中图分类号：

R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;

摘要：

To determine whether signal intensity (SI) of the pancreas that was less than that of liver on T1-weighted fat-suppressed (T1FS) magnetic resonance (MR) images could be used to help predict the presence of pancreatic disease, three blinded independent observers graded pancreatic SI relative to liver and/or renal cortex in 89 patients on T1FS images. Results were correlated with patient age and diagnosis. Among the 47 patients with a clinically normal pancreas, pancreatic SI was higher than that of liver in 42 and equal to that of liver in the rest, none of whom had evidence of fatty pancreas. These five patients had a mean age of 71 years, compared with 55 years for patients whose pancreas was more intense than liver (P = .02). Of the 42 patients with a clinically abnormal pancreas, only eight had pancreatic SI higher than that of liver. The positive predictive value for normal pancreas of an SI higher than that of liver was 84% and the positive predictive value for abnormal pancreas of an SI less than or equal to that of liver was 88%, with an overall accuracy of 86%. If normal pancreatic SI is defined as higher than that of liver for patients younger than 60 years and as equal to or higher than that of liver for patients older than 60 years, the positive predictive value of normal SI becomes 76%, the positive predictive value of decreased SI becomes 100%, and the overall accuracy becomes 83%. Pancreatic SI less than that of liver correlates highly with pancreatic disease, especially in younger patients. Mildly decreased pancreatic SI, equal to that of nondiseased liver, is common in older persons without clinically apparent pancreatic disease.

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