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Radiology, Vol 185, 741-747, Copyright © 1992 by Radiological Society of North America

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Bladder tumor staging: comparison of conventional and gadolinium- enhanced dynamic MR imaging and CT

A Tanimoto, Y Yuasa, Y Imai, M Izutsu, K Hiramatsu, M Tachibana and H Tazaki
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Keio University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

With computed tomography (CT) and unenhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, stage pT3b extravesical extension and beyond can be diagnosed, but tumors confined to the bladder wall (stages pT1-pT3a) are poorly delineated. To determine whether visualization of such tumors could be improved with gadolinium-enhanced MR imaging, dynamic breath-hold T1- weighted MR images were obtained after intravenous infusion of 0.1 mmol/kg gadopentetate dimeglumine in 79 patients (86 tumors). Conventional MR images, CT scans, and histologic correlation were available in all cases. With dynamic gadolinium-enhanced MR imaging, the mucosa could be distinguished from the muscular layers of the bladder wall. Staging accuracy with this technique was 85% (73 of 86), which was significantly better than with CT (55%; 47 of 86) (P < .005) or conventional MR imaging (58%; 50 of 86) (P < .05). The accuracy of staging the intramural extent (pT1-pT3a) of bladder tumors was thus improved with gadolinium-enhanced dynamic MR imaging.


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