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MR imaging of infradiaphragmatic lymphadenopathy in children and adolescents with Hodgkin disease: Comparison with lymphography and CT
- Source :
- Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 3:461-470
- Publication Year :
- 1993
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 1993.
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Abstract
- The ability of short-inversion-time inversion recovery (STIR) magnetic resonance imaging to depict infradiaphragmatic lymphadenopathy was evaluated in 25 consecutive patients with newly diagnosed Hodgkin disease. All patients underwent computed tomography (CT) and multiplanar STIR imaging prior to lymphography (LAG). The STIR and CT images were evaluated for paraaortic and parailiac node enlargement. Findings were compared with LAG findings, which showed the architectural pattern of the opacified lymph nodes. In the upper paraaortic region, STIR imaging showed more abnormal nodes than did CT or LAG. In the lower paraaortic and parailiac regions, lymph node enlargement was shown equally well with STIR and LAG, whereas CT showed fewer enlarged lymph nodes. LAG showed paraaortic or parailiac focal tumor infiltration in three patients with normal-size nodes, and hyperplasia in two patients with enlarged nodes. STIR imaging showed more abnormal infradiaphragmatic nodes than did CT because of improved lymph node conspicuity. STIR imaging may be a useful addition to CT for staging pediatric Hodgkin disease.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Computed tomography
Newly diagnosed
medicine
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Prospective Studies
Child
Lymph node
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Lymphography
Magnetic resonance imaging
Hyperplasia
equipment and supplies
medicine.disease
Hodgkin Disease
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Mr imaging
medicine.anatomical_structure
Paraaortic Region
Female
Lymph Nodes
Lymph
Radiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15222586 and 10531807
- Volume :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....de11a2a0c2808ce297101116eff3a3b6