Abstract
Thirty patients with prostate or bladder cancer underwent CT and MRI for nodal staging.
CT detected 189 nodes, and MRI detected 271 nodes. This difference was statistically
significant in the external iliac (CT/MRI=73/87 nodes), obturator (CT/MRI=48/75 nodes),
and internal iliac (CT/MRI=24/46 nodes) nodal chains. Based on size, the number of
nodes detected by CT and MRI were as follows: 1–5 mm, CT/MRI=91/166; 6–10 mm, CT/MRI=91/98;
>10 mm, CT/MRI=7/7 nodes. MRI detected significantly more lymph nodes in the size
range of 1–5 mm.
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Publication history
Published online: October 15, 2009
Accepted:
July 20,
2009
Received:
June 10,
2009
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