Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 12

Feasibility of Quantitative Diffusion Weighted MR Imaging with Calculated Apparent Diffusion Coefficients in Characterization of Pediatric Head and Neck Masses

  • Author:
  • Ahmed Gabr1,, Ayman M. Nada2, Mohammed Gomaa3, Rania Hashem4, Ahmed Shokry5, Ahmad Kamel6
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 1577 to 1582

1Assistant Lecturer of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Egypt,

2Fellow, Radiology Department, University of Missouri, Lecturer of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Egypt,

3Lecturer of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Egypt,

4Assistant professor of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt

5Professor and chairman of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Egypt

6Assistant professor of Pediatric Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Egypt

*Corresponding Author: Ahmed Gabr, Assistant lecturer of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University. Email: ahmed_elshenawy.nci@yahoo.com

Online published on 4 April, 2020.

Abstract

Assessing DW MR imaging and ADC value in pediatric head and neck lesions and ability of determination benign from malignant masses.

Study was undertaken on 56 patients as 39: 17, male: female, respectively where they had head or neck mass. Patients exposed to routine MRI to characterize lesions. Diffusion weighted imaging sequence was added to routine MR and evaluation of DWIs.

We found that ± ADC of malignant, benign lesions as0.64 X 10−3, 1.58 X 10−3, and 2.10 X 10−3 mm2/sec. ADC of 1.25 X 10−3 mm2/sec threshold value was used to differentiating among tumors which were represented 100% and 94.1% for sensitivity and specificity, respectively.

Beneficial roles for DW imaging to discriminate between malignant and benign head and neck tumors.

Keywords

Diffusion MR imaging, pediatric head and neck masses