MR imaging of carcinoma within urinary bladder diverticulum.
Cystoendoscopic examination and standard radiological techniques occasionally fail to correctly establish that a pelvic mass is due to carcinoma arising within a urinary bladder diverticulum. MR imaging in oblique planes can facilitate the diagnosis in such cases by demonstrating the neck of the diverticulum. Also, T2-weighted images allow differentiation between tumor within a diverticulum and a necrotic extravesical mass.
Durfee
S M
SM
Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA.
Schwartz
L H
LH
Panicek
D M
DM
Russo
P
P
D000368:Aged; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000473:pathology; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*