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Bane O, Lewis SC, Lim RP, Carney BW, Shah A, Fananapazir G. Contemporary and Emerging MRI Strategies for Assessing Kidney Allograft Complications: Arterial Stenosis and Parenchymal Injury, From the AJR Special Series on Imaging of Fibrosis. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2024; 222:e2329418. [PMID: 37315018 PMCID: PMC11006565 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.23.29418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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MRI plays an important role in the evaluation of kidney allografts for vascular complications as well as parenchymal insults. Transplant renal artery stenosis, the most common vascular complication of kidney transplant, can be evaluated by MRA using gadolinium and nongadolinium contrast agents as well as by unenhanced MRA techniques. Parenchymal injury occurs through a variety of pathways, including graft rejection, acute tubular injury, BK polyomavirus infection, drug-induced interstitial nephritis, and pyelonephritis. Investigational MRI techniques have sought to differentiate among these causes of dysfunction as well as to assess the degree of interstitial fibrosis or tubular atrophy (IFTA)-the common end pathway for all of these processes-which is currently evaluated by invasively obtained core biopsies. Some of these MRI sequences have shown promise in not only assessing the cause of parenchymal injury but also assessing IFTA noninvasively. This review describes current clinically used MRI techniques and previews promising investigational MRI techniques for assessing complications of kidney grafts.
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- Octavia Bane
- Department of Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Department of Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Department of Radiology and Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Radiology, University of California Davis Medical Center, 4860 Y St, Ste 3100, Sacramento, CA 95816
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- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ
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- Department of Radiology, University of California Davis Medical Center, 4860 Y St, Ste 3100, Sacramento, CA 95816
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Sahin H, Panico C, Ursprung S, Simeon V, Chiodini P, Frary A, Carmo B, Smith J, Freeman S, Jimenez-Linan M, Bolton H, Haldar K, Ang JE, Reinhold C, Sala E, Addley H. Non-contrast MRI can accurately characterize adnexal masses: a retrospective study. Eur Radiol 2021; 31:6962-6973. [PMID: 33725187 PMCID: PMC8379126 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-021-07737-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Objective To determine the accuracy of interpretation of a non-contrast MRI protocol in characterizing adnexal masses. Methods and materials Two hundred ninety-one patients (350 adnexal masses) who underwent gynecological MRI at our institution between the 1st of January 2008 and the 31st of December 2018 were reviewed. A random subset (102 patients with 121 masses) was chosen to evaluate the reproducibility and repeatability of readers’ assessments. Readers evaluated non-contrast MRI scans retrospectively, assigned a 5-point score for the risk of malignancy and gave a specific diagnosis. The reference standard for the diagnosis was histopathology or at least one-year imaging follow-up. Diagnostic accuracy of the non-contrast MRI score was calculated. Inter- and intra-reader agreement was analyzed with Cohen’s kappa statistics. Results There were 53/350 (15.1%) malignant lesions in the whole cohort and 20/121 (16.5%) malignant lesions in the random subset. Good agreement between readers was found for the non-contrast MRI score (к = 0.73, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.58–0.86) whilst the intra-reader agreement was excellent (к = 0.81, 95% CI 0.70–0.88). The non-contrast MRI score value of ≥ 4 was associated with malignancy with a sensitivity of 84.9%, a specificity of 95.9%, an accuracy of 94.2% and a positive likelihood ratio of 21 (area under the receiver operating curve 0.93, 95% CI 0.90–0.96). Conclusion Adnexal mass characterization on MRI without the administration of contrast medium has a high accuracy and excellent inter- and intra-reader agreement. Our results suggest that non-contrast studies may offer a reasonable diagnostic alternative when the administration of intravenous contrast medium is not possible. Key Points • A non-contrast pelvic MRI protocol may allow the characterization of adnexal masses with high accuracy. • The non-contrast MRI score may be used in clinical practice for differentiating benign from malignant adnexal lesions when the lack of intravenous contrast medium precludes analysis with the O–RADS MRI score. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00330-021-07737-9.
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- Hilal Sahin
- Department of Radiology, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK.
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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- General Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Diagnostic Imaging Area, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Radiation Oncology and Hematology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli"-IRCCS, Universita Cattolicá del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Statistics Unit, Department of Mental, Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Medical Statistics Unit, Department of Mental, Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, Addenbrooke's Hospital and University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Radiology, Addenbrooke's Hospital and University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Radiology, Addenbrooke's Hospital and University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Radiology, Addenbrooke's Hospital and University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Gynaecological Oncology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
- SGRN, Surgical Gynaecological Oncology Research Network, UK
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- Department of Oncology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Medical Imaging, McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Augmented Intelligence Precision Laboratory (AIPHL), McGill University Health Centre Research Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Radiology, Addenbrooke's Hospital and University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Krishna S, Schieda N, Pedrosa I, Hindman N, Baroni RH, Silverman SG, Davenport MS. Update on MRI of Cystic Renal Masses Including Bosniak Version 2019. J Magn Reson Imaging 2020; 54:341-356. [PMID: 33009722 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.27364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2020] [Revised: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Incidental cystic renal masses are common, usually benign, and almost always indolent. Since 1986, the Bosniak classification has been used to express the risk of malignancy in a cystic renal mass detected at imaging. Historically, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was not included in that classification. The proposed Bosniak v.2019 update has formally incorporated MRI, included definitions of imaging terms designed to improve interobserver agreement and specificity for malignancy, and incorporated a variety of masses that were incompletely defined or not included in the original classification. For example, at unenhanced MRI, homogeneous masses markedly hyperintense at T2 -weighted imaging (similar to cerebrospinal fluid) and homogeneous masses markedly hyperintense at fat suppressed T1 -weighted imaging (approximately ≥2.5 times more intense than adjacent renal parenchyma) are classified as Bosniak II and may be safely ignored, even when they have not been imaged with a complete renal mass MRI protocol. MRI has specific advantages and is recommended to evaluate masses that at computed tomography (CT) 1) have abundant thick or nodular calcifications; 2) are homogeneous, hyperattenuating, ≥3 cm, and nonenhancing; or 3) are heterogeneous and nonenhancing. Although MRI is generally excellent for characterizing cystic renal masses, there are unique weaknesses of MRI that bear consideration. These details and others related to MRI of cystic renal masses are described in this review, with an emphasis on Bosniak v.2019. A website (https://bosniak-calculator.herokuapp.com/) and mobile phone apps named "Bosniak Calculator" have been developed for ease of assignment of Bosniak classes. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 5 TECHNICAL EFFICACY STAGE: 3.
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- Satheesh Krishna
- Joint Department of Medical Imaging, University Health Network, Mount Sinai Hospital and Women's College Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medical Imaging, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Radiology, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Departments of Radiology and Urology, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Cosma I, Tennstedt-Schenk C, Winzler S, Psychogios MN, Pfeil A, Teichgraeber U, Malich A, Papageorgiou I. The role of gadolinium in magnetic resonance imaging for early prostate cancer diagnosis: A diagnostic accuracy study. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0227031. [PMID: 31869380 PMCID: PMC6927639 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 12/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Objective Prostate lesions detected with multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) are classified for their malignant potential according to the Prostate Imaging-Reporting And Data System (PI-RADS™2). In this study, we evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the mpMRI with and without gadolinium, with emphasis on the added diagnostic value of the dynamic contrast enhancement (DCE). Materials and methods The study was retrospective for 286 prostate lesions / 213 eligible patients, n = 116/170, and 49/59% malignant for the peripheral (Pz) and transitional zone (Tz), respectively. A stereotactic MRI-guided prostate biopsy served as the histological ground truth. All patients received a mpMRI with DCE. The influence of DCE in the prediction of malignancy was analyzed by blinded assessment of the imaging protocol without DCE and the DCE separately. Results Significant (CSPca) and insignificant (IPca) prostate cancers were evaluated separately to enhance the potential effects of the DCE in the detection of CSPca. The Receiver Operating Characteristics Area Under Curve (ROC-AUC), sensitivity (Se) and specificity (Spe) of PIRADS-without-DCE in the Pz was 0.70/0.47/0.86 for all cancers (IPca and CSPca merged) and 0.73/0.54/0.82 for CSPca. PIRADS-with-DCE for the same patients showed ROC-AUC/Se/Spe of 0.70/0.49/0.86 for all Pz cancers and 0.69/0.54/0.81 for CSPca in the Pz, respectively, p>0.05 chi-squared test. Similar results for the Tz, AUC/Se/Spe for PIRADS-without-DCE was 0.75/0.61/0.79 all cancers and 0.67/0.54/0.71 for CSPca, not influenced by DCE (0.66/0.47/0.81 for all Tz cancers and 0.61/0.39/0.75 for CSPca in Tz). The added Se and Spe of DCE for the detection of CSPca was 88/34% and 78/33% in the Pz and Tz, respectively. Conclusion DCE showed no significant added diagnostic value and lower specificity for the prediction of CSPca compared to the non-enhanced sequences. Our results support that gadolinium might be omitted without mitigating the diagnostic accuracy of the mpMRI for prostate cancer.
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- Ilinca Cosma
- Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany
- Institute of Radiology, Suedharz Hospital Nordhausen, Nordhausen, Germany
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- Institute of Radiology, Suedharz Hospital Nordhausen, Nordhausen, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Clinic of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Radiology, Suedharz Hospital Nordhausen, Nordhausen, Germany
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- Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany
- Institute of Radiology, Suedharz Hospital Nordhausen, Nordhausen, Germany
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Magnetic resonance imaging of the upper tract (pyelocalyces and ureters) or MR Urography (MRU) is technically possible and when performed correctly offers similar visualization of the upper tracts and for detection of non-calculous diseases of the collecting system similar specificity but with lower sensitivity compared to CTU. MRU provides the ability to simultaneously image the kidneys and urinary bladder with improved soft tissue resolution, better tissue characterization and when combined with assessment of the upper tract, a comprehensive examination of the urinary system. MRU requires meticulous attention to technical details and is a longer more demanding examination compared to CTU. Advances in MR imaging techniques including: parallel imaging, free-breathing motion compensation techniques and compressed sensing can dramatically shorten examination times and improve image quality and patient tolerance for the exam. This review article discusses updates in the MRU technique, summarizes clinical indications and opportunities for MRU in clinical practice and reviews advantages and disadvantages of MRU compared to CTU.
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