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  • Title: Intravoxel incoherent motion MRI for differentiating sinonasal small round cell malignant tumours (SRCMTs) from Non-SRCMTs: comparison and correlation with dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI.
    Author: Zhong Y, Xiao Z, Tang Z, Qiang J, Wang R.
    Journal: Clin Radiol; 2018 Nov; 73(11):966-974. PubMed ID: 30086857.
    Abstract:
    AIM: To investigate the value of intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) in the differentiation of sinonasal small round cell malignant tumours (SRCMTs) from non-SRCMTs and to compare and correlate these results with those of dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ninety patients with histologically confirmed sinonasal malignant tumours (53 SRCMTs and 37 non-SRCMTs) who underwent conventional MRI, IVIM, and DCE-MRI before treatment were enrolled. The IVIM and DCE-MRI parameters were measured. Statistical analyses were performed using Student's t-tests, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyses, and Spearman's correlation coefficients. RESULTS: A lower pure diffusion coefficient (D) value and a higher pseudo-diffusion coefficient (D*) value were found in the sinonasal SRCMTs than in the non-SRCMTs (p<0.001 and p=0.011, respectively). Moreover, the mean extravascular extracellular space volume ratio (Ve) of the SRCMTs was significantly lower than that of the non-SRCMTs (p=0.020). ROC curve analysis showed that the diagnostic performance of D outperformed those of the other perfusion and diffusion parameters. A cut-off D value of 0.56 ×10-3 mm2/s yielded a sensitivity of 80.4%, a specificity of 75%, and an accuracy of 78.2%, with an AUC of 0.825. Significant but poor-to-fair correlations were found between the parameters from IVIM and DCE-MRI. CONCLUSIONS: The D and D* values of IVIM and the Ve value of DCE-MRI are helpful in distinguishing sinonasal SRCMTs from non-SRCMTs, with the D values having the best diagnostic efficiency.
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