Multiple imaging procedures including MRI in bladder cancer

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  • MIKATA, Noriharu
    the Department of Urology, Branch- Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo
  • SUZUKI, Makoto
    the Department of Urology, Branch- Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo
  • TAKEUCHI, Takumi
    the Department of Urology, Branch- Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo
  • KUNISAWA, Yositaka
    the Department of Urology, Branch- Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo
  • FUKUTANI, Keiko
    the Department of Urology, Branch- Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo
  • KAWABE, Kazuki
    the Department of Urology, Branch- Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo

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  • 膀胱癌に対するMRIを含む総合画像診断法

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Endoscopic photography, double contrast cystography, transurethral echography, X-ray CT scan, and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) were utilized for the staging diagnosis of the four patients with carcinoma of the bladder. In the first case, a 70-year-old man, since all of the five imaging procedures suggested a superficial and pedunculated tumor, his bladder cancer was considered T1. The classification of stage T3 carcinoma was made for the second 86-year-old male. Because all of his imaging examinations showed a tumor infiltrating deep muscle and penetrating the bladder wall. The third case was a 36-year-old male. His clinical stage was diagnosed as T2 or T3a by cystophotography, double contrast cystogram, ultrasonography, and X-ray CT scan. However, MRI showed only thickened bladder wall and the infiltrating tumor could not be distinguished from the hypertrophic wall. The last patient, a 85-year-old female, had a smaller Ta cancer. Her double contrast cystography revealed the small tumor at the lateral bladder wall. But, the tumor could not be detected by transaxial, sagittal and coronal scans. Multiple imaging procedures combining MRI and staging diagnosis of the bladder carcinoma were discussed.

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  • Hinyokika Kiyo

    Hinyokika Kiyo 32 (2), 183-188, 1986-02

    泌尿器科紀要刊行会

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