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8007049

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-7-20
pubmed:abstractText
Fourteen patients with clinically suspicious transitional cell carcinoma of renal pelvis or ureter were preoperatively examined with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT). All of the cases had surgical approval. In eleven of these patients, the tumor was correctly detected by MRI. Two cases were falsely positive including one squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and one Wilms' tumor of the kidney. The final case was falsely negative. The positive predictive value of MRI was 92.9%. The sensitivity was 91.7%. In seven of the fourteen patients, the CT findings were truly positive. There were five falsely negative findings and two falsely positive cases. The positive predictive value by CT was 64.3%. The sensitivity was 59.3%. Tumor stagings were done for all patients. The accuracy rate of staging was 7/7 by CT and 10/11 by MRI. MRI showed better identification of distant metastasis in the liver, vertebrae and vascular structure because of its high tissue contrast and larger field of view. MRI had a higher positive predictive rate and sensitivity for identification of uroepithelial tumor than CT.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0257-5655
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
194-202
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography of transitional cell carcinoma of renal pelvis and ureter.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan, Republic of China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article