Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 298-301, July 2010

Diffusion-weighted whole-body imaging with background body signal suppression facilitates detection and evaluation of an anterior rib contusion

  • Thomas C. Kwee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 88 7556687; fax: +31 30 2581098.
    • ,
  • Taro Takahara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Tetsu Niwa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Department of Radiology, Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan

Received 20 June 2009; accepted 20 July 2009. published online 09 October 2009.

Abstract 

We report the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in a 29-year-old woman with anterior chest wall pain following blunt trauma, with special emphasis on the value of diffusion-weighted whole-body imaging with background body signal suppression (DWIBS). Although a rib contusion could be depicted at (fat-suppressed) T2-weighted MRI, anatomical localization and assessment of lesion extent were superior and more straightforward at DWIBS. Thus, this report shows the utility of adding DWIBS to an MRI protocol for anterior chest wall evaluation.

Keywords: Diffusion-weighted whole-body imaging with background body signal suppression (DWIBS), Musculoskeletal, Costochondral region, Contusion, Trauma

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PII: S0899-7071(09)00227-7

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.07.006

Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 298-301, July 2010

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