BONE-MARROW MRI - TECHNIQUES AND ACCURACY FOR DETECTING BREAST-CANCERMETASTASES

Authors
FLICKINGER FW SANAL SM
Citation
Fw. Flickinger et Sm. Sanal, BONE-MARROW MRI - TECHNIQUES AND ACCURACY FOR DETECTING BREAST-CANCERMETASTASES, Magnetic resonance imaging, 12(6), 1994, pp. 829-835
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Magnetic resonance imaging → ACNP
ISSN journal
0730725X
Volume
12
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
829 - 835
Database
ISI
SICI code
0730-725X(1994)12:6<829:BM-TAA>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
We investigated the utility of bone marrow MRI for diagnosing marrow m etastases from breast cancer compared with radionuclide bone scan, ili ac crest marrow biopsy with histology and antibody immunostaining, and clinical follow-up. We report the results of 43 MRI studies in 32 pat ients and discuss the evolution and comparison of optimal MRI techniqu es. MRI appears to be the most accurate diagnostic method, and short T I Inversion Recovery (STIR) the most reliable pulse sequence for this group of patients with breast cancer.