PMID- 30038695
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220318
IS  - 1733-134X (Print)
IS  - 1899-0967 (Electronic)
IS  - 1733-134X (Linking)
VI  - 83
DP  - 2018
TI  - Magnetic resonance diffusion-weighted imaging in diagnostics of primary fallopian 
      tube carcinoma - is it useful?
PG  - e161-e165
LID - 10.5114/pjr.2018.75642 [doi]
AB  - PURPOSE: Primary fallopian tube carcinoma (PFTC) is the rarest form of female 
      genital malignancy. The imaging applied for suspected adnexal masses includes 
      transvaginal ultrasound (US), computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance 
      imaging (MRI), but the vast majority of PFTC is recognised intraoperatively. 
      MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study group consisted of seven women with 
      postoperatively histopathological diagnosis of PFTC. To recognise characteristic 
      findings for PFTC, retrospective analysis of preoperative MRI was performed. All 
      patients underwent MRI of the pelvis and abdomen using a 1.5T MR system. Based on 
      the results of the above imaging, suspected adnexal masses were recognised. MRI 
      protocol contained T2-weighted images, fat-suppressed T2-weighted, T2-TIRM, DW 
      EPI, pre- and postcontrast dynamic 3D T1 GRE in transverse orientation, with 
      diffusion weightings of 0, 50, 100, 150, 200, 400, 800, and 1200 s/mm2. Regions 
      of interest were outlined by a radiologist, who documented the character of 
      adnexal masses on diffusion-weighted (DW) images and apparent diffusion 
      coefficient (ADC) maps. RESULTS: In all seven patients with PFTC unilateral 
      tumour was found. On all DW images (with beta values of 0, 50, 100, 150, 200, 400, 
      800, and 1200 s/mm2) the mean signal intensities of solid parts of tumour were 
      significantly higher than the mean signal intensities of normal ovarian tissue (p 
      = 0.0001). There were no statistically significant differences between eight beta 
      values applied for ADC calculations. CONCLUSIONS: Preoperative diagnostics of 
      PFTC is difficult and mainly based on morphological features. Previous research 
      did not show characteristics of PFTC in post-contrast dynamic imaging. In our 
      material a clear increasing of signal intensity in DW imaging occurred 
      independently of the beta value.
FAU - Grabowska-Derlatka, Laretta
AU  - Grabowska-Derlatka L
AD  - 2 Department of Radiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland.
FAU - Szeszkowski, Wojciech
AU  - Szeszkowski W
AD  - 2 Department of Radiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland.
FAU - Sienko, Jacek
AU  - Sienko J
AD  - 2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland.
FAU - Derlatka, Pawel
AU  - Derlatka P
AD  - 2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20180420
PL  - Poland
TA  - Pol J Radiol
JT  - Polish journal of radiology
JID - 101175532
PMC - PMC6047086
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - ADC values of fallopian tube tumours
OT  - magnetic resonance diffusion-weighted imaging
OT  - primary fallopian tube carcinoma (PFTC)
EDAT- 2018/07/25 06:00
MHDA- 2018/07/25 06:01
PMCR- 2018/01/01
CRDT- 2018/07/25 06:00
PHST- 2017/04/04 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/08/07 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/07/25 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/07/25 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/07/25 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2018/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 32755 [pii]
AID - 10.5114/pjr.2018.75642 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Pol J Radiol. 2018 Apr 20;83:e161-e165. doi: 10.5114/pjr.2018.75642. eCollection 
      2018.