Authors: | Durfee, S. M.; Schwartz, L. H.; Panicek, D. M.; Russo, P. |
Article Title: | MR imaging of carcinoma within urinary bladder diverticulum |
Abstract: | Cystoendoscopic examination and standard radiological techniques occasionally fail to correctly establish that a pelvic mass is due to carcinoma arising within a urinary bladder diverticulum. MR imaging in oblique planes can facilitate the diagnosis in such cases by demonstrating the neck of the diverticulum. Also, T2-weighted images allow differentiation between tumor within a diverticulum and a necrotic extravesical mass. |
Keywords: | aged; case report; nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; magnetic resonance imaging; tomography, x-ray computed; urinary bladder neoplasms; cystectomy; urinary bladder; bladder neoplasms; cystoscopy; carcinoma, transitional cell; bladder carcinoma; urinary bladder diseases; diverticulum; bladder biopsy; magnetic resonance imaging (mri); humans; human; male; article; bladder diverticulum; bladder diverticula |
Journal Title: | Clinical Imaging |
Volume: | 21 |
Issue: | 4 |
ISSN: | 0899-7071 |
Publisher: | Elsevier Inc. |
Date Published: | 1997-07-01 |
Start Page: | 290 |
End Page: | 292 |
Language: | English |
DOI: | 10.1016/s0899-7071(96)00049-6 |
PUBMED: | 9215479 |
PROVIDER: | scopus |
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Notes: | Article -- Export Date: 17 March 2017 -- Source: Scopus |