MRI Evaluation of Suspected Pathologic Fracture at the Extremities from Metastasis: Diagnostic Value of Added Diffusion-Weighted Imaging.

Sun-Young Park Min Hee LeeJi Young JeonHye Won ChungSang Hoon LeeMyung Jin Shin

Published in: Korean journal of radiology (2020)

Combining DWI with conventional MRI improved the diagnostic accuracy and specificity while retaining sensitivity for differentiating between pathologic and traumatic fractures from metastasis at extremities.

Keyphrases

diffusion weighted imaging
contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
diffusion weighted
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
magnetic resonance
spinal cord injury
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soft tissue
pulmonary embolism
squamous cell carcinoma
radiation therapy
rectal cancer
hip fracture