Lacrimal gland lesions: Can addition of diffusion-weighted MR imaging improve diagnostic accuracy in characterization?

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• 作者：Sahar M. Elkhamary ; ^{selkhamary@hotmail.com} ; ^{Selkhamary@yahoo.com}
• 关键词：Lacrimal gland mass ; MRI diffusion weighted ; ADC ; Lesion characterization ; Benign ; Malignant
• 刊名：The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：pca124_0378603X
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：June, 2012
• 卷：43
• 期：2
• 页码：165-172
• 文件大小：961 K

摘要

The aim of the work

To evaluate the diagnostic value of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps in the characterization of lacrimal gland lesions.

Material and methods

A retrospective study was conducted on 40 patients (26 female and 14 male subjects aged 13-74 years) with lacrimal gland mass. They underwent echo-planar diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the orbit with a b-factor of 0500 and 1000 s/mm² at 3-Tesla magnetic resonance (MR) unit. ADC maps were reconstructed and the ADC of each mass lesion was calculated. Lesion diagnosis was confirmed by the clinical follow-up or the results of histopathology analysis depending on the specific disease to identify the specificity, sensitivity and accuracy of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in the differentiation between benign and malignant lacrimal lesions.

Results

Forty-two lesions were detected in the examined 40 patients included in this study. Thirty-one were benign and 11 were malignant. The mean ADC value of the malignant lacrimal tumors (0.76 卤 0.14 脳 10^鈭? mm²/s) was significantly (P = 0.001) lower than that of the benign lacrimal lesions (1.17 卤 0.22 脳 10^鈭? mm²/s). A statistically significant (P = 0.001) difference is identified between the subjects with lacrimal adenitis and those with idiopathic orbital inflammatory syndrome (orbital pseudotumor). Lacrimal lymphoma has the lowest ADCs among a wide range of lacrimal masses. The selection of an ADC value of 0.90 脳 10^鈭? mm²/s as a threshold value for differentiating malignant tumors from benign lacrimal lesions has an accuracy of 90%, a sensitivity of 90%, and specificity of 89%.

Conclusion

ADC offers a useful reliable safe non-invasive imaging parameter that can be used for the differentiation of malignant tumors from benign lacrimal lesions with high sensitivity and specificity. The absence of contrast media in DWI reduces the cost of the examination and leads to an increase in the overall accuracy of MRI, hence reducing the number of false positive results and consequently reducing the number of unnecessary biopsies.