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Pediatric and adolescent lymphoma: comparison of whole-body STIR half-Fourier RARE MR imaging with an enhanced PET/CT reference for initial staging.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20308456     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: To compare the diagnostic performance of rapid whole-body anatomic magnetic resonance (MR) staging of pediatric and adolescent lymphoma to an enhanced positron emission tomographic (PET)/computed tomographic (CT) reference standard. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ethical permission was given by the University College London Hospital ethics committee, and informed written consent was obtained from all participants and/or parents or guardians. Thirty-one subjects (age range, 7.3-18.0 years; 18 male, 11 female) with histologically proved lymphoma were prospectively recruited. Pretreatment staging was performed with whole-body short inversion time inversion-recovery (STIR) half-Fourier rapid acquisition with relaxation enhancement (RARE) MR imaging, fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT, and contrast agent-enhanced chest CT. Twenty-six subjects had posttreatment PET/CT and compromised our final cohort. Eleven nodal and 11 extranodal sites per patient were assessed on MR imaging by two radiologists in consensus, with a nodal short-axis threshold of >1 cm and predefined extranodal positivity criteria. The same sites were independantly evaluated by two nuclear medicine physicians on PET/CT images. Disease positivity was defined as a maximum standardized uptake value >2.5 or nodal size >1 cm. An unblinded expert panel reevaluated the imaging findings, removing perceptual errors, and derived an enhanced PET/CT reference standard (taking into account chest CT and 3-month follow-up imaging) against which the reported and intrinsic performance of MR imaging was assessed by using the kappa statistic. RESULTS: There was very good agreement between MR imaging and the enhanced PET/CT reference standard for nodal and extranodal staging (kappa = 0.96 and 0.86, respectively) which improved following elimination of perceptual errors (kappa = 0.97 and 0.91, respectively). The sensitivity and specificity of MR imaging (following removal of perceptual error) were 98% and 99%, respectively, for nodal disease and 91% and 99%, respectively, for extranodal disease. CONCLUSION: Whole-body STIR half-Fourier RARE MR imaging of pediatric and adolescent lymphoma can accurately depict nodal and extranodal disease and may provide an alternative nonionizing imaging method for anatomic disease assessment at initial staging.
Authors:
Shonit Punwani; Stuart A Taylor; Alan Bainbridge; Vineet Prakash; Steven Bandula; Enrico De Vita; Oystein E Olsen; Sharon F Hain; Nicola Stevens; Stephen Daw; Ananth Shankar; Jamshed B Bomanji; Paul D Humphries
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Radiology     Volume:  255     ISSN:  1527-1315     ISO Abbreviation:  Radiology     Publication Date:  2010 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-03-23     Completed Date:  2010-05-06     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0401260     Medline TA:  Radiology     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  182-90     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Copyright Information:
RSNA, 2010
Affiliation:
Department of Specialist Radiology, University College London Hospital, 235 Euston Rd, Podium Level 2, London, England NW1 2BU.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Child
Contrast Media
Female
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / diagnostic use
Humans
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
Iohexol / diagnostic use
Lymphatic Metastasis
Lymphoma / diagnosis*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Male
Neoplasm Staging
Prospective Studies
Radiopharmaceuticals / diagnostic use
Reference Standards
Sensitivity and Specificity
Tomography, Emission-Computed / methods
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Contrast Media; 0/Radiopharmaceuticals; 63503-12-8/Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; 66108-95-0/Iohexol

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