ECHOPLANAR MR-IMAGING FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF ADRENAL MASSES IN PATIENTS WITH MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS - PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF CALCULATED T2 RELAXATION VALUES

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SCHWARTZ, LH
PANICEK, DM
KOUTCHER, JA
HEELAN, RT
BAINS, MS
BURT, M
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[1] MEM SLOAN KETTERING CANC CTR,DEPT MED PHYS,NEW YORK,NY 10021
[2] MEM SLOAN KETTERING CANC CTR,DIV THORAC SURG,NEW YORK,NY 10021
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10.2214/ajr.164.4.7726047
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R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
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1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
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OBJECTIVE. We undertook this study to assess the utility of echoplanar MR imaging for distinguishing benign from malignant adrenal masses in patients with known malignant neoplasms. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Thirty consecutive patients with 31 adrenal masses and a known malignant neoplasm underwent breath-hold echoplanar MR imaging with a repetition time of 6000 msec and four echo times (40, 80, 120, 160 msec) on a 1.5-T unit before biopsy. Subsequently, 10 masses were shown to be malignant at histologic examination, 12 masses were benign at histologic examination, and nine were thought to be benign because they had not changed in size at follow-up imaging, Mean lesion size was 2.4 +/- 2.1 cm, T2 calculations using regions of interest in the liver and adrenal mass were performed in each patient. RESULTS. The mean calculated 12 value of benign adrenal masses was 70.3 msec (SD, 11.6 msec) versus 104.6 msec (SD, 35.2 msec) for malignant adrenal masses (p = .013), Using a cutoff T2 value of 84 msec, 19 (90%) of 21 benign masses and nine (90%) of 10 malignant masses were correctly classified, The mean adrenal/liver T2 ratio was 1.4 (SD, 0.25) for benign lesions, and 2.1 (SD, 0.78) for malignant lesions (p = .017). Using a cutoff ratio of 1.60, 19 (90%) of 21 benign lesions and eight (80%) of 10 malignant lesions would have been correctly classified. CONCLUSION. This preliminary work suggests that obtaining T2 calculations from echoplanar MR images of adrenal masses is a useful technique for distinguishing benign from malignant adrenal masses in patients at risk for adrenal metastasis.
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