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ArticleMedical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research2018

A Preliminary Report Requiring Continuation of Research to Confirm Fallopian Tube Adenocarcinoma: A Non-Experimental, Non-Randomized, Cross-Sectional Study.

Xiaomin Ma, Xinfa Huang, Chunhua Chen, Yaling Ding

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Article in Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiaomin MaDepartment of Radiology, Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Xiamen, Fujian, China (mainland).
Xinfa HuangDepartment of Radiology, Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Xiamen, Fujian, China (mainland).
Chunhua ChenDepartment of Radiotherapy, Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Xiamen, Fujian, China (mainland).
Yaling DingDepartment of Radiotherapy, Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Xiamen, Fujian, China (mainland).
Xiamen Maternal and Child Health Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND Transvaginal ultrasound has fair characteristics, and pathology is an invasive technique for fallopian tube tumor diagnosis. Magnetic resonance images have better intra- and inter-observer reliabilities for detection of primary fallopian tube malignant tumor(s) than the other diagnostic modalities. The purpose of this study was to investigate parameters of different types of magnetic resonance images for women with fallopian tube adenocarcinoma and to compare these parameters with the FIGO grading system to improve the accuracy of diagnosis and prognosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 121 women who had clinically-proven fallopian tube adenocarcinoma were included in this cross-sectional study. A 3.0 T magnetic resonance images system was used for spin-lattice relaxation-weighted (T1WI), spin-spin relaxation-weighted (T2WI), diffusion-weighted, (DWI), and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) images. ANOVA following Tukey post hoc tests and Spearman rank correlation were performed at 99% confidence level. RESULTS Axial T1WI, axial T2WI, and axial DWI, were provided low, intermediate, and high fluid signal intensity, respectively, for a tumor. Sagittal T1WI showed contrast uptake by the mass with necrosis. Sagittal T2WI showed a solid mass with well-defined walls. Sagittal DWI showed restriction to diffusion. ADC values were significantly higher for FIGO grade 1 women than for FIGO grade 3 women (p<0.0001, q=16.591). The Spearman correlation coefficient was 0.1012 between mean ADC and FIGO grading. CONCLUSIONS We recommend that magnetic resonance images be included in the FIGO guideline for grading of malignancies in the female genital tract.

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AdenocarcinomaAdultAgedChinaCross-Sectional StudiesDiffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingFallopian Tube NeoplasmsFallopian TubesFemaleHumansImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingMiddle AgedPreliminary Data

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