TY - JOUR
T1 - Cervical carcinoma with full-thickness stromal invasion
T2 - Relationship between tumor size on T2-weighted images and parametrial involvement
AU - Okuno, Keiko
AU - Joja, Ikuo
AU - Miyagi, Yasunari
AU - Sakaguchi, Yukiyoshi
AU - Notohara, Kenji
AU - Kudo, Takafumi
AU - Hiraki, Yoshio
PY - 2002/1/29
Y1 - 2002/1/29
N2 - Purpose: The purpose of this work was to investigate the relationship between tumor size on T2-weighted images and parametrial involvement by cervical carcinoma with full-thickness stromal invasion and to evaluate whether the size of the tumor on T2-weighted images is a useful index of parametrial involvement. Method: T2-weighted images of 33 patients with cervical carcinoma showed fullthickness stromal invasion. Three-dimensional diameters (transverse, anteroposterior, and craniocaudal) of the primary tumor were measured on T2-weighted images. The area and volume of the tumor were also calculated. Results: There were statistically significant differences between the patients with parametrial involvement and those without parametrial involvement for each tumor size. The criteria that showed the best accuracy for each tumor size were determined. Conclusion: The tumor size on T2-weighted images is considered to be a useful index for evaluating parametrial involvement by cervical carcinoma with full-thickness stromal invasion.
AB - Purpose: The purpose of this work was to investigate the relationship between tumor size on T2-weighted images and parametrial involvement by cervical carcinoma with full-thickness stromal invasion and to evaluate whether the size of the tumor on T2-weighted images is a useful index of parametrial involvement. Method: T2-weighted images of 33 patients with cervical carcinoma showed fullthickness stromal invasion. Three-dimensional diameters (transverse, anteroposterior, and craniocaudal) of the primary tumor were measured on T2-weighted images. The area and volume of the tumor were also calculated. Results: There were statistically significant differences between the patients with parametrial involvement and those without parametrial involvement for each tumor size. The criteria that showed the best accuracy for each tumor size were determined. Conclusion: The tumor size on T2-weighted images is considered to be a useful index for evaluating parametrial involvement by cervical carcinoma with full-thickness stromal invasion.
KW - Magnetic resonance imaging
KW - Magnetic resonance imaging, comparative studies
KW - Radiography
KW - Uterus
KW - Uterus, neoplasms
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U2 - 10.1097/00004728-200201000-00018
DO - 10.1097/00004728-200201000-00018
M3 - Article
C2 - 11801914
AN - SCOPUS:0036149436
VL - 26
SP - 119
EP - 125
JO - Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
JF - Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
SN - 0363-8715
IS - 1
ER -