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- Title
Soft tissue sarcoma: adding diffusion-weighted imaging improves MR imaging evaluation of tumor margin infiltration.
- Authors
Hong, Ji Hyun; Jee, Won-Hee; Jung, Chan-Kwon; Jung, Joon-Yong; Shin, Seung Han; Chung, Yang-Guk
- Abstract
<bold>Purpose: </bold>To determine the added value of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) to conventional magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in assessment of tumor margin infiltration in soft tissue sarcoma (STS) at 3T.<bold>Materials and Methods: </bold>The institutional review board approved this retrospective study. Forty-five patients who underwent 3T MR imaging including DWI and were pathologically confirmed were included in this study. Two readers retrospectively scored conventional MR imaging alone. Then, they assessed a combination of conventional MR imaging and DWI. At pathology, margin infiltration was retrospectively reviewed by one pathologist blinded to MR findings. Areas under the curve (AUCs) of the receiver-operating characteristic curve were obtained for diagnostic performance. Interobserver agreement for the scoring of margin infiltration of STS was assessed with kappa statistics.<bold>Results: </bold>Among 45 cases of STS, 33 had infiltrative tumor margin at pathology. Sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of each reader were 100%, 17%, and 78%; 97%, 25%, and 78% on conventional MR imaging alone and 94%, 67%, and 87%; 94%, 42%, and 80% on conventional MR imaging combined with DWI. AUCs of conventional MR imaging combined with DWI were significantly higher than those of conventional MR imaging alone: 0.890 vs 0.678 (p = .0123) and 0.846 vs 0.640 (p = .0305) for each reader. Interobserver agreements of conventional MR imaging alone and conventional MR imaging combined with DWI were moderate to substantial (κ = 0.646, κ = 0.496).<bold>Conclusion: </bold>The addition of DWI to conventional MR imaging may improve specificity for assessing tumor margin infiltration in STS at 3T.<bold>Key Points: </bold>• DWI has added value for assessment of tumor margin infiltration in soft tissue sarcoma. • Addition of DWI to conventional MRI at 3T may improve specificity. • Addition of DWI to conventional MRI may help orthopedic surgeon determine the extent of the resection margin.
- Subjects
SARCOMA; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; DIFFUSION magnetic resonance imaging; ORTHOPEDISTS; MAGNETIC resonance; CANCER invasiveness; CONTRAST media; RETROSPECTIVE studies; RECEIVER operating characteristic curves
- Publication
European Radiology, 2019, Vol 29, Issue 5, p2589
- ISSN
0938-7994
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00330-018-5817-0