ROLE OF DIFFUSION WEIGHTED MRI IN CHARACTERIZATION OF OVARIAN TUMORS

Husham Aklo Mazzohi;

Abstract


Although the final diagnosis of an ovarian tumor is based on the histological examination, it is desirable to preoperatively differentiate between benign, border line tumors and invasive ovarian cancers, in order to decide if surgery is required, and which type of surgery is appropriate. Thus, it can help avoiding unnecessary surgery especially in postmenopausal women and help deciding for conservative surgery for young ones wishing to preserve childbearing potential.
Conventional MRI provides soft tissue characterization based on different signal intensities and contrast uptake in post contrast images.
Being a cost effective choice, and in addition to its ability for accurate diagnosis, it can replace computed tomography (CT) in preoperative assessment with the development of recent technologies, new functional MRI sequences are being used. Of these, is the diffusion weighted images (DWI) and dynamic contrast enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI). DWI is used in the abdomen and pelvis after it has been established as a useful functional imaging tool in neurologic applications for a number of years.


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Title ROLE OF DIFFUSION WEIGHTED MRI IN CHARACTERIZATION OF OVARIAN TUMORS
Other Titles دور الرنين المغناطيسي بخاصية الانتشار في توصيف أورام المبيض
Authors Husham Aklo Mazzohi
Issue Date 2017

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