Whole body diffusion-weighted MRI in detection of metastasis and lymphoma: a prospective longitudinal clinical study

Goda, Heba H.; AbdAllah, Abd Elkareem H.; Ahmed, Eman A.; Megally, Hassan I.; Khalaf, Marwa I.; Taha, Ahmed M.; Mohamed, Hosam Eldeen G.

doi:10.1186/s43055-020-00231-0

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 4 Number of regions involved and lesions detected by WB-MRI, distributed per patient pathology

From: Whole body diffusion-weighted MRI in detection of metastasis and lymphoma: a prospective longitudinal clinical study

		Breast (no = 8)		Prostate (no = 5)		Liver (no = 4)		Colon (no = 3)		Thyroid (no = 2)		Lungs (no = 2)		Ovaries (no = 2)		Testes (no = 1)		HL (no = 11)		NHL (no = 8)		Total (no = 46)
		R	L	R	L	R	L	R	L	R	L	R	L	R	L	R	L	R	L	R	L	R	L
LNs (16 regions)	2 × cervical	6	13	5	7	2	4	0	0	1	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	14	20	10	12	39	63
	Mediastinal	3	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	6	0	0	0	0	6	10	2	6	15	34
	2 × supra-clavicular	5	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	4	8	2	6	15	35
	2 × axillary	12	24	5	5	3	5	4	6	1	3	1	3	1	2	0	0	10	15	8	20	45	83
	Para-aortic	1	3	3	5	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	8	1	4	6	13	2	8	17	46
	Porta-hepatis	0	0	0	0	3	6	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	2	9	17
	Mesenteric	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	2	8	11	30
	2 × iliac	2	4	4	5	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	1	2	9	11	4	8	24	40
	2 × femoral	1	2	2	2	2	5	0	0	1	2	1	2	1	4	1	2	8	14	4	10	21	43
	2 × inguinal	9	18	6	9	5	7	0	0	1	4	1	2	2	8	1	3	6	12	6	11	37	74
	Total LNs	39	81	27	38	20	38	11	23	7	20	7	20	8	28	4	11	69	115	41	91	233	465
Skeletal system (63 regions)	Skull	4	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	4	12	20
	2 × clavicle	10	11	5	5	4	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	8	8	10	34	42
	Sternum	5	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	6	17	20
	2 × humerus	12	18	6	8	4	6	2	4	1	3	0	0	1	3	1	2	6	8	6	12	39	64
	24 × ribs	70	72	56	57	18	19	10	10	10	10	12	12	0	0	0	0	96	101	86	86	358	367
	7 × cervical vertebrae	10	10	13	13	6	6	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	30	30	20	20	93	93
	12 × dorsal vertebrae	17	17	18	18	14	14	8	8	6	6	8	8	0	0	5	5	78	78	41	41	195	195
	5 × lumbar vertebrae	8	8	7	7	5	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	3	3	39	39	18	18	86	86
	Sacrum	4	4	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	4	6	4	4	19	21
	2 × iliac bones	11	24	8	12	4	6	2	4	1	2	2	4	1	2	2	4	10	22	8	16	49	96
	2 × pubic bones	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	3	6	2	4	13	19
	2 × femurs	12	22	8	11	5	7	2	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	2	8	16	8	10	46	75
	2 × tibias	5	9	6	8	2	4	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	4	6	4	8	23	39
	Total skeletal metastases	171	208	137	150	66	75	26	31	30	36	30	37	12	16	15	19	286	326	211	239	984	1137
Organs	Brain	2	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	2	2	9	13
	Lung	3	14	3	7	1	3	2	7	1	3	2	8	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	8	17	54
	Liver	4	12	1	3	3	11	3	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	8	16	52
	Others	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	8	12	12	18
	Total organ metastasis	9	29	5	12	4	14	5	20	1	3	2	8	0	0	0	0	12	21	16	30	54	137
Total		219	318	169	200	90	127	42	74	38	59	39	65	20	44	19	30	367	462	268	360	1271	1739

Abbreviations: LN lymph node, R total number of involved metastatic regions from a specific primary tumor, L total number of lesions detected in a specific region from a specific primary tumor, HL Hodgkin’s lymphoma, NHL non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

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