TY - JOUR
T1 - Tumors in pediatric patients at diffusion-weighted MR imaging
T2 - Apparent diffusion coefficient and tumor cellularity
AU - Humphries, Paul D.
AU - Sebire, Neil J.
AU - Siegel, Marilyn J.
AU - Olsen, Øystein E.
PY - 2007/12
Y1 - 2007/12
N2 - Purpose: To prospectively assess whether there is a relationship between the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and the histopathologic cell count and whether the ADC can enable differentiation of benign and malignant extracranial mass lesions in children. Materials and Methods: Institutional ethics approval and parent or guardian consent were obtained. Eleven malignant and eight benign lesions in 19 children (11 girls, eight boys; median age, 3.9 years; age range, 11 days to 15.5 years) who underwent magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of extracranial mass lesions - including a diffusion-weighted sequence (with b values 0, 500, and 1000 sec/mm2) - and histopathologic analysis to prove findings were studied. The median ADC within each mass lesion was compared with the median cell count for 10 high-power microscopic fields in the specimen. The inverse regression between cell count and ADC was calculated. The difference in ADC between benign and malignant lesions was assessed by using the Mann-Whitney U test. Results: There was an inverse relationship between ADC and cell count, expressed as ADC (in ×10-3 mm2/sec) = 0.56 + (66.2/cell count), with a relatively good fit to the observed data (analysis of variance R2 = 0.541, F = 20.0, P < .001). The ADCs of benign lesions ranged from (0.84-2.83) × 10-3 mm 2/sec (median, 1.35 × 10-3 mm2/sec; standard deviation, 0.68). The ADCs of malignant lesions ranged from (0.73-1.53) × 10-3 mm2/sec (median, 1.00 × 10 -3 mm2/sec; standard deviation, 0.29). There was no significant difference in ADC between benign and malignant lesions (Mann-Whitney U = 22, P = .069). All highly cellular (>150 cells per high-power field) lesions had an ADC lower than 1.5 × 10-3 mm2/sec. Conclusion: Although there is a significant relationship between cellularity and ADC, cell count probably is not the sole determinant of the ADC. Use of the ADC cannot enable accurate differentiation of malignant and benign lesions.
AB - Purpose: To prospectively assess whether there is a relationship between the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and the histopathologic cell count and whether the ADC can enable differentiation of benign and malignant extracranial mass lesions in children. Materials and Methods: Institutional ethics approval and parent or guardian consent were obtained. Eleven malignant and eight benign lesions in 19 children (11 girls, eight boys; median age, 3.9 years; age range, 11 days to 15.5 years) who underwent magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of extracranial mass lesions - including a diffusion-weighted sequence (with b values 0, 500, and 1000 sec/mm2) - and histopathologic analysis to prove findings were studied. The median ADC within each mass lesion was compared with the median cell count for 10 high-power microscopic fields in the specimen. The inverse regression between cell count and ADC was calculated. The difference in ADC between benign and malignant lesions was assessed by using the Mann-Whitney U test. Results: There was an inverse relationship between ADC and cell count, expressed as ADC (in ×10-3 mm2/sec) = 0.56 + (66.2/cell count), with a relatively good fit to the observed data (analysis of variance R2 = 0.541, F = 20.0, P < .001). The ADCs of benign lesions ranged from (0.84-2.83) × 10-3 mm 2/sec (median, 1.35 × 10-3 mm2/sec; standard deviation, 0.68). The ADCs of malignant lesions ranged from (0.73-1.53) × 10-3 mm2/sec (median, 1.00 × 10 -3 mm2/sec; standard deviation, 0.29). There was no significant difference in ADC between benign and malignant lesions (Mann-Whitney U = 22, P = .069). All highly cellular (>150 cells per high-power field) lesions had an ADC lower than 1.5 × 10-3 mm2/sec. Conclusion: Although there is a significant relationship between cellularity and ADC, cell count probably is not the sole determinant of the ADC. Use of the ADC cannot enable accurate differentiation of malignant and benign lesions.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/36248975659
U2 - 10.1148/radiol.2452061535
DO - 10.1148/radiol.2452061535
M3 - Article
C2 - 17951348
AN - SCOPUS:36248975659
SN - 0033-8419
VL - 245
SP - 848
EP - 854
JO - Radiology
JF - Radiology
IS - 3
ER -