Abstract #4065
Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Elastography of Solid Pancreatic Masses
Yu Shi 1 , He An 1 , Qiyong Guo 1 , Richard L. Ehman 2 , and Kevin J. Glaser 2
1
Department of radiology, Shengjing hospital
of china medical university, Shenyang, Liaoning, China,
2
Department
of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States
In this prospective study,ten healthy volunteers and 26
patients with pancreatic masses undertook MR
Elastography on a 3T scanner to evaluate its usefulness
for differentiating benign and malignant solid
pancreatic lesions. The mean stiffness value of healthy
pancreas was (1.120.11) kPa. Malignant
lesion[(2.701.20) kPa] has much higher stiffness than
both mass-forming pancreatitis[(1.590.31) kPa] and
healthy pancreas.Mass-forming pancreatitis has slightly
higher stiffness than healthy pancreas, but with
apparent overlapping.Our study proved MR elastography
might be a potential tool to different solid pancreatic
masses.
This abstract and the presentation materials are available to members only;
a login is required.
Join Here
