Bone lesions on baseline staging rectal MRI: Prevalence and significance in patients with rectal adenocarcinoma Journal Article


Authors: Levine, J.; Petkovska, I.; Landa, J.; Bates, D. D. B.; Capanu, M.; Fuqua, J. L. 3rd; Paroder, V.; Zheng, J.; Gollub, M. J.; Golia Pernicka, J. S.
Article Title: Bone lesions on baseline staging rectal MRI: Prevalence and significance in patients with rectal adenocarcinoma
Abstract: A T1 sequence on routine baseline staging rectal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is thought to help detect bone lesions. Our primary aim was to evaluate the incidence of bone lesions encountered on baseline staging rectal MRI, particularly the prevalence of bone metastases. This retrospective study included patients with rectal adenocarcinoma who underwent baseline rectal MRI at our institution between January 2010 and December 2017. The MRI report was reviewed for presence of bone lesions. When found, lesion type, presence of axial T1 non-fat-suppressed sequence, primary tumor T-stage, and presence of other organ metastases were recorded. In the absence of bone biopsy, the reference standard was follow-up imaging via computed tomography (CT), MRI, and/or positron emission tomography/CT (PET/CT) ≥ 1 year after the baseline MRI. The Wilcoxon rank-sum test and Fisher's exact test were used to compare clinicopathologic data of patients with malignant or benign bone lesions. A total of 1197 patients were included. 62/1197 patients (mean age 56.8 years (SD: 13.8), with 39 men) had bone lesions on baseline imaging, with 6 being bone metastases (0.5%, 95% CI 0.2%–1.1%). Of the 6 patients with bone metastases, 5/6 had other metastases (i.e., liver, lung) at baseline. Bone metastases on baseline rectal MRI performed for rectal adenocarcinoma are extremely rare. Furthermore, bone metastases without other organ (i.e., liver, lung) involvement is extremely rare. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC part of Springer Nature.
Keywords: magnetic resonance imaging; rectal neoplasm; bone neoplasm
Journal Title: Abdominal Radiology
Volume: 46
Issue: 6
ISSN: 2366-004X
Publisher: Springer  
Date Published: 2021-06-01
Start Page: 2423
End Page: 2431
Language: English
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-020-02923-7
PUBMED: 33543320
PROVIDER: scopus
PMCID: PMC9309895
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Notes: Article -- Correction issued, see DOI 10.1007/s00261-021-03012-z -- Export Date: 1 July 2021 -- Source: Scopus
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  1. Junting Zheng
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  2. Marc J Gollub
    208 Gollub
  3. Marinela Capanu
    385 Capanu
  4. Jonathan Landa
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  5. Viktoriya Paroder
    60 Paroder
  6. David Dawson Bartlett Bates
    53 Bates
  7. Jeffrey Bruce Levine
    2 Levine