Mostafa Elkhashab
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Cairo University, Giza, EgyptPublications
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Research Article
The Value of Adding MR Diffusion Weighted Imaging to the Conventional Post Contrast MRI Study in Characterization of Sino-nasal Lesions
Author(s): Ayda A. Youssef41777, Mostafa Elkhashab41778*, Talaat Hassan41779, Mohamed H. Zedan41780 and Ramy Edward Asaad41781
Background: Diffusion Weighted (DW) MRI, which was used to quantify the diffusional motion of water with the Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC), has also been employed for diagnosing head and neck lesions. Previous studies reported that ADCs were useful in discrimination not only between benign and malignant tumors. We conducted the present study to assess the value of adding Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DW-MRI) and calculated Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) values in characterization of sinonasal lesions regarding differentiating benign from the malignant lesions. Patients and methods: The present prospective study was conducted on 75 patients (with a mean age of 26.40 ± 25.2 year old; the majority of patients were females (58.7%)) who presented with sinonasal masses .. Read More»