Preoperative MR staging of cervical carcinoma: are oblique and contrast-enhanced sequences necessary?

ABSTRACT:

Background

As the choice of treatment in patients with cervical carcinoma depends on cancer stage at diagnosis, accurate staging is essential.

Purpose

To compare three different combinations of magnetic resonance (MR) sequences for preoperative staging.

Material and methods

Fifty-seven consecutive patients with biopsy proven cervical carcinoma underwent MR imaging (MRI) staging followed by primary surgical treatment. Thirty-two of 57 patients had had a cone biopsy prior to MRI. Three MR pulse sequence combinations were retrospectively reviewed by two experienced radiologists. The first imaging protocol consisted of pre-contrast sagittal and transverse images (protocol A), the second protocol included additionally oblique high-resolution T2-weighted (T2W) MR images of

SUBMITTER: Fridsten S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5122173 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature