title: [The demonstration and staging of bladder carcinoma. A comparative study between magnetic resonance tomography, computed tomography and radioimmunoscintigraphy].
abstract: The purpose of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of MRI, CT and radioimmunoscintigraphy in the staging and detection of bladder cancers in 28 patients. We distinguish two groups: Group I included the tumour stages CIS-T3A and the second group the deep infiltrative tumours T3B-T4. MRI was slightly superior to CT in respect of tumour staging (75% correct results as compared to 63%). No understaging occurred with MRI, whereas in 22% of the cases the stage of the tumour was underestimated using CT diagnostics. Overstaging occurred in 25% of the MRI and 15% of the CT-diagnostics, respectively. RIS cannot distinguish the tumour groups, and hence this method is useful only for the detection of the primary tumour and metastases. In 77% of cases the tumour was detected and in 15% the tumour could be safely excluded.
authors.affiliation: Funktionsbereich Kernspintomographie, Abteilung für Radiodiagnostik, Universität des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Benz
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dewes
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Becht
authors.forename: H U
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Braedel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D015902:Gamma Cameras; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016719:Radioimmunodetection / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology