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Educational Exhibit
Keywords:
Musculoskeletal bone, Musculoskeletal soft tissue, MR-Diffusion/Perfusion, Diagnostic procedure, Neoplasia
Authors:
Y. Pekcevik, M. O. Kahya, A. Kaya, H. Sahin, R. Pekcevik, O. Oztekin; Izmir/TR
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2014/C-1792
Background
Although magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has an important role in characterization of the bone and soft tissue tumors,
it lacks specificity of differentiation benign from malignant lesions (1,
2).
Benign lesions are much more common than malignant lesions in daily practice (3).
So we still need diagnostic tools that improve our diagnostic confidence and prevent unnecessary biopsies or surgeries.
Diffusion weighted (DW) imaging is a noninvasive method for investigation tumor histologic content.
It is a diagnostic tool with a very short acquisition time and it does not require the administration of contrast agent.
Thus,
DW imaging can be easily added in routine musculoskeletal tumor imaging protocols.
It has been applied musculoskeletal tumors and reported to be useful (4-8).
We review the imaging techniques of DW imaging in musculoskeletal tumors and show some cases to emphasize the diagnostic value of the DW imaging.