Adriano Massimiliano Priola1, Sandro Massimo Priola2, Dario Gned2, Maria Teresa Giraudo3, Andrea Veltri2. 1. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, Regione Gonzole 10, 10043, Orbassano, Torino, Italy. adriano.priola@inwind.it. 2. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, Regione Gonzole 10, 10043, Orbassano, Torino, Italy. 3. Department of Mathematics, "Giuseppe Peano", University of Torino, Via Carlo Alberto 10, 10123, Torino, Italy.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To prospectively evaluate usefulness of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in differentiating anterior mediastinal lymphoma from nonsuppressing normal thymus on chemical-shift MR, and to look at the relationship between patient age and ADC. METHODS: Seventy-three young subjects (25 men, 48 women; age range, 9-29 years), who underwent chemical-shift MR and diffusion-weighted MR were divided into a normal thymus group (group A, 40 subjects), and a lymphoma group (group B, 33 patients). For group A, all subjects had normal thymus with no suppression on opposed-phase chemical-shift MR. Two readers measured the signal intensity index (SII) and ADC. Differences in SII and ADC between groups were tested using t-test. ADC was correlated with age using Pearson correlation coefficient. RESULTS: Mean SII±standard deviation was 2.7±1.8% for group A and 2.2±2.4% for group B, with no significant difference between groups (P=.270). Mean ADC was 2.48±0.38x10-3mm2/s for group A and 1.24±0.23x10-3mm2/s for group B. A significant difference between groups was found (P<.001), with no overlap in range. Lastly, significant correlation was found between age and ADC (r=0.935, P<.001) in group A. CONCLUSIONS: ADC of diffusion-weighted MR is a noninvasive and accurate parameter for differentiating lymphoma from nonsuppressing thymus on chemical-shift MR in young subjects. KEY POINTS: • SII cannot differentiate mediastinal lymphoma from nonsuppressing normal thymus at visual assessment • ADC is useful for distinguishing nonsuppressing normal thymus from mediastinal lymphoma • ADC is more accurate than transverse-diameter and surface-area in this discrimination • ADC of normal thymus is age dependent and increases with increasing age.
OBJECTIVES: To prospectively evaluate usefulness of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in differentiating anterior mediastinal lymphoma from nonsuppressing normal thymus on chemical-shift MR, and to look at the relationship between patient age and ADC. METHODS: Seventy-three young subjects (25 men, 48 women; age range, 9-29 years), who underwent chemical-shift MR and diffusion-weighted MR were divided into a normal thymus group (group A, 40 subjects), and a lymphoma group (group B, 33 patients). For group A, all subjects had normal thymus with no suppression on opposed-phase chemical-shift MR. Two readers measured the signal intensity index (SII) and ADC. Differences in SII and ADC between groups were tested using t-test. ADC was correlated with age using Pearson correlation coefficient. RESULTS: Mean SII±standard deviation was 2.7±1.8% for group A and 2.2±2.4% for group B, with no significant difference between groups (P=.270). Mean ADC was 2.48±0.38x10-3mm2/s for group A and 1.24±0.23x10-3mm2/s for group B. A significant difference between groups was found (P<.001), with no overlap in range. Lastly, significant correlation was found between age and ADC (r=0.935, P<.001) in group A. CONCLUSIONS: ADC of diffusion-weighted MR is a noninvasive and accurate parameter for differentiating lymphoma from nonsuppressing thymus on chemical-shift MR in young subjects. KEY POINTS: • SII cannot differentiate mediastinal lymphoma from nonsuppressing normal thymus at visual assessment • ADC is useful for distinguishing nonsuppressing normal thymus from mediastinal lymphoma • ADC is more accurate than transverse-diameter and surface-area in this discrimination • ADC of normal thymus is age dependent and increases with increasing age.
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Apparent diffusion coefficient; Chemical-shift magnetic resonance; Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance; Lymphoma; Nonsuppressing normal thymus
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