title: MRI evaluation of pigmented skin tumors. Preliminary study.
abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed in 16 patients with pigmented skin lesions, seven with nodular melanomas, two with superficial spreading melanomas, two with subcutaneous melanoma metastases, and five with different benign pigmented nodular skin lesions. The results of MRI were compared with the histologic diagnoses. Signal intensities of the lesions were compared with subcutaneous fat, revealing a lower signal intensity of all lesions on T1-weighted images. Intensity measurements showed a significant (P less than .01) difference between benign and malignant lesions on T2-weighted images.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Vienna Wiener Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Austria.
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Schwaighofer
authors.forename: F X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Fruehwald
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pohl-Markl
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neuhold
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wicke
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Landrum
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000175:diagnosis; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014860:Warts / Q000175:diagnosis