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2911656

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-2-15
pubmed:abstractText
Eleven patients who underwent abdominoperineal resection for rectosigmoid carcinoma were examined with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging for suspected recurrent tumor in the presacral space. There were 12 suspected masses in the 11 patients. Ten lesions were malignant, and in two lesions only nonneoplastic inflammatory tissue was found. The signal intensity (SI) of each lesion relative to that of muscle was determined visually and correlated with the histologic findings at surgery or biopsy. The SIs of malignant and benign lesions were indistinguishable. All lesions showed areas of high SI that correlated with carcinoma and tumor necrosis or with non-neoplastic inflammation and edema. Areas of low SI corresponded to reactive fibrous tissue (desmoplastic reaction) with small islands of tumor or to nonneoplastic fibrosis. MR imaging can be useful in determining the extent of suspected tumors, but SIs on T2-weighted images do not permit histologic diagnosis. In particular, distinction of benign from malignant tissue is difficult in tumors with a desmoplastic reaction.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0033-8419
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
170
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
323-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Suspected recurrent rectosigmoid carcinoma after abdominoperineal resection: MR imaging and histopathologic findings.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville 22908.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article