Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University
10.12816/0040608
Abstract
Background: diagnosis of liver metastases is of essential importance in the staging of patients with a known primary tumor. Aim of the work: The study aimed to evaluate role of DWI in diagnosis of liver metastasis. Patients and methods: twenty patients were included in this study. The cases were evaluated over 6 months at Ain Shams University Hospital with a 1.5 Tesla Phillips (MR System Achieva) whole body imager. Results: in the sample of the study which was composed of 20 patients there were two patients who presented with negative lesion in DW MRI with sensitivity 100%, specificity 90% and accuracy 95%. Conclusion: DWI alone performs equally well as Gd-MRI in the diagnosis of liver metastases. In cases where gadolinium injection is not allowed, dynamic contrast-enhanced imaging can be replaced by a protocol based on unenhanced T1- and T2-weighted imaging combined with DWI. Recommendations: Further studies on larger scale of patients are needed to confirm the results of the study.
Allam, K. E., Shalaby, M. H., & Moulood, I. A. (2017). Role of Diffusion Weighted MRI Imaging in Detection of Liver Metakstases. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 69(2), 1823-1827. doi: 10.12816/0040608
MLA
Khalid E. Allam; Mennatallah H. Shalaby; Israa A. Moulood. "Role of Diffusion Weighted MRI Imaging in Detection of Liver Metakstases", The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 69, 2, 2017, 1823-1827. doi: 10.12816/0040608
HARVARD
Allam, K. E., Shalaby, M. H., Moulood, I. A. (2017). 'Role of Diffusion Weighted MRI Imaging in Detection of Liver Metakstases', The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 69(2), pp. 1823-1827. doi: 10.12816/0040608
VANCOUVER
Allam, K. E., Shalaby, M. H., Moulood, I. A. Role of Diffusion Weighted MRI Imaging in Detection of Liver Metakstases. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2017; 69(2): 1823-1827. doi: 10.12816/0040608
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