Prostatic abscess and seminal vesicle abscess MRI findings and quantitative analysis of apparent diffusion coefficient values》.pdf

HOSTED BY Available online at ScienceDirect Radiology of Infectious Diseases 2 (2015) 27e32 /locate/jrid Research article Prostatic abscess and seminal vesicle abscess: MRI findings and quantitative analysis of apparent diffusion coefficient values Jing Ren a,1, Xufang Huang a,1, He Wang b, Huijia Liu a, Fang Ren a, Zhuoli Zhang c, Yong Yang a, Hong Yin a, Yi Huan a,* a Department of Radiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Changle West Road 127#, Xi an City 710032, People s Republic of China b Department of Urology, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xinsi Road 1#, Xi an City 710038, People s Republic of China c Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, 737 N. Michigan Ave, 16th Floor, Chicago, IL 60611, USA Received 11 October 2014; accepted 14 February 2015 Available online 28 May 2015 Abstract Purpose: To investigate the conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) findings of prostatic ab- scess (PA) and seminal vesicle abscess (SVA), and to evaluate the qualitative and quantitative diagnostic value of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) for these conditions. Materials and methods : Ten patients with PA and 2 patients with SVA who underwent MRI and DWI