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11056975

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-11-21
pubmed:abstractText
MRI plays an important role in the diagnostic workup of skeletal metastases. In principle two different applications of MRI can be distinguished: apart from the well known indications of clarifying uncertain lesions seen with other imaging modalities or demonstrating known osseous lesions with high resolution imaging for therapeutic planing, MRI can also be used as a primary screening modality for skeletal metastases. Besides the higher lesion detection rate the major advantage of MRI compared to bone scintigraphy lies in the demonstration of morphology which on the one hand exactly shows the extension of tumorous lesions and on the other hand clearly distinguishes between malign and benign processes. As unclear findings on bone scintigraphy often require additional imaging studies, especially in patients with clinical findings or lab results suggestive for metastatic disease, we think that whole-body-skeletal-MRI is not only an accurate but also a cost effective diagnostic modality in the detection and screening for skeletal metastases, if the indication for the examination is closely related to clinical findings and the therapeutic relevance of the imaging results.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0033-832X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
826-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
[The diagnosis of metastases in the bone marrow by MRT].
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Klinische Radiologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Klinikum Grosshadern.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, English Abstract, Review