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Fig. 5 | Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Fig. 5

From: Added value of diffusion-weighted MRI in assessment of pleural lesions

Fig. 5

a Axial T2 WI and b axial T1 WI showing left focal nodular pleural thickening (red arrows) eliciting low T1 and high T2 signal intensities with left moderate pleural effusion eliciting heterogeneous low T1 and high T2 signal. c DWI and d ADC map showing restricted diffusion of the pleural thickening with the bright areas on the DWI corresponding to dark areas on the ADC map (red arrows), while the pleural effusion was non-restricted (pleural thickening and effusion showed ADC mean = 0.54 × 10−3 mm2/s and 3.07 × 10−3 mm2/s respectively). e Axial T2 and f coronal T2 WI, showed anterior mediastinal lesion. CT-guided biopsy revealed pleural metastasis from invasive thymoma and malignant pleural effusion

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