MRI Diagnosis of Mesorectal Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients with Rectal Carcinoma. What is the Optimal Criterion?

• Published in: Anticancer research Vol. 24; no. 6; pp. 4097 - 4101
• Main Authors: MATSUOKA, Hiroyoshi, NAKAMURA, Akihisa, SUGIYAMA, Masanori, HACHIYA, Junichi, ATOMI, Yutaka, MASAKI, Tadahiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Attiki International Institute of Anticancer Research 01.11.2004
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Female; Humans; Lymph Nodes - pathology; Lymphatic Metastasis; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Preoperative Care; Rectal Neoplasms - diagnosis; Rectal Neoplasms - pathology; Rectal Neoplasms - surgery; ROC Curve; Tumors; Human; Rectal disease; MRI; rectal cancer; Malignant lymphadenopathy; Malignant tumor; Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; Cancerology; Criterion; Digestive diseases; Medical imagery; Intestinal disease; Diagnosis; lymph node metastasis

Background: Preoperative diagnosis of lymph node metastasis is often difficult. A number of different criteria have been advocated in the literature, however, an optimal criterion has not yet been determined in patients with rectal carcinoma. Patients and Methods: Fifty-one patients, undergoing radi...