High signal renal tumors on DWI: the diagnostic value of morphological characteristics
Journal Article
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· Abdominal Radiology (Online)
- Chinese PLA General Hospital, Department of Radiology (China)
Purpose: To assess the usefulness of morphological characteristics of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) for differentiating malignant renal tumors from benign renal tumors, and clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC) from non-clear cell RCC at 3.0 T. Methods: The study included 249 patients with 251 histopathologically confirmed renal tumors that showed high signal on DWI. For each tumor, two radiologists independently evaluated apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values and morphological characteristics of DWI. The differences in the quantitative and qualitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features determined by the readers were assessed. The ADC values between malignant and benign renal tumors and between clear cell and non-clear cell RCC were compared using Mann–Whitney tests. The proportional differences of morphological characteristics of DWI between malignant and benign renal tumors and between clear cell and non-clear cell RCC were compared using Chi-square tests. Results: There were no significant differences in the quantitative and qualitative MRI features determined by the readers. The ADC values for malignant renal tumors were statistically significantly higher than those for benign renal tumors (p < 0.05), and the ADC values for clear cell RCC were statistically significantly higher than those for non-clear cell RCC (p < 0.05). The proportion of morphological characteristics of DWI between malignant and benign renal tumors was statistically significantly different at ring, nodular, flaky high signal. The proportion of morphological characteristics of DWI between clear cell and non-clear cell RCC was statistically significantly different at uniform high signal. Conclusions: The morphological characteristics of DWI are useful in differentiating renal tumors.
- OSTI ID:
- 22923159
- Journal Information:
- Abdominal Radiology (Online), Journal Name: Abdominal Radiology (Online) Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 44; ISSN 2366-0058
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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