Quantitative evaluation of primary lower extremity lymphedema staging using MRI: a preliminary study

ABSTRACT:

Background

The staging of primary lower extremity lymphedema (LEL) is difficult yet vital in clinical work, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used for quantitative assessment of primary LEL due to its high resolution for soft tissues. In this study, we evaluated the value of MRI-based soft tissue area measurements for staging primary LEL.

Methods

A total of 90 consecutive patients with clinically diagnosed primary lower limb lymphoedema from January 2017 to December 2019 in Beijing Shijitan Hospital were enrolled retrospectively. Short time inversion recovery (STIR) sequence was applied to measure the total, muscle, bone, and subcutaneous areas in the upper 1/3 level of the bilateral lower calf. The difference between the affected and unaffected calf regarding t

SUBMITTER: Liu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10423363 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature