Nasopharyngeal carcinoma： dynamic MR imaging with gadolinium.pdfVIP

h in ese Medical Jour na l 1998 ; 111( 7) : 593-598 ·593 · Nasopharyn geal carcinoma : dynamic MR imaging with gadolin ium Ann D Kin g , Wynnie WM Lam , SF Leun g , YL han an d onst antine Met reweli 　　Obj e c t iv e 　To eva luate th e use of enhanced dy- only a small number of patients with nasopharyngeal carcino- na mic MR images in nasopha ryngea l ca rc inoma ma have been included in series describing cont rast enhanced ( NP ) . MR in head and neck tumors .1 ,3 ,4 　The purpose of t he Met h od s 　 Dynamic e nhanced turbo sp in- echo study w as therefore to compare the pre and post contr ast tra nsve rse images were ob ta ined in 35 p at ients with scans in the assessment of patterns of local spread . In addi- newly diagnosed NP . ompa rison wa s made b etween tion the fast spin echo sequence used in this study pr ovides the pre- contrast image , last enhanced scan a nd dy- dynamic information on the ear ly enhancement pattern of tu- mor and adjacent tissues such as the nasopharyngeal mucosa , na mic se ries in a sses sment of th e e xtent of primary tu- par anasal sinus mucosa , nasal tu rbinates and cavernous sinus . mor and lymph node involve me nt . Any difference in the pattern of enhancement pr ovides t he Res u lt s 　Enha nc ed MR images improv ed delin-