Korean J Radiol.  2013 Aug;14(4):697-699. 10.3348/kjr.2013.14.4.697.

RE: Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A New Approach in Imaging-Guided Biopsies of Cervical Lesions Suspicious for Malignancy

• Guimaraes
• Oleveira A
• Martins EB
• Chojniak R

• KMID: 1715777
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2013.14.4.697

Abstract

No abstract available.

Keyword

Imaging-guided biopsy; DWI-guided biopsy; MRI-guided biopsy; Functional imaging; DWI; Cervical neoplasms

MeSH Terms

Biopsy, Needle/*methods
Female
Head and Neck Neoplasms/*pathology
Humans
Male
Radiography, Interventional/*methods
Tomography, X-Ray Computed/*methods

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Forty nine-year-old man with mass in base of tongue has been questioned for malignancy. A. Axial FDG PET-CT image shows mass with intense FDG avidity (large arrow). Maximum SUV was high corresponding to 8.9 (not shown) and left cervical lymphadenopathy was found (small arrow). B. Axial DWI MRI showing hyper-intensity in tongue lesion (large arrow) with lower ADC level suspicious for malignancy corresponding to 0.8 × 10-3 (not shown) and lymphadenopathy (small arrow). Biopsy performed revealed squamous cell carcinoma.

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