title: Comparison of inversion recovery and contrast-enhanced T1-weighted fat-suppressed sequences for the staging of cervical lymphoma.
abstract: In a retrospective analysis with two readers blinded to the clinical information, coronal short tau inversion recovery (STIR) images were compared to contrast-enhanced fat-saturated T1-weighted imaging (T1 CEfs) in 51 cases of cervical lymphoma. Interrater reliability was good to excellent. Although sensitivity and subjective quality of the STIR sequence were higher than those of the T1 CEfs sequence (sensitivity 85%/72%, respectively), specificity (82%/95%) as well as positive likelihood ratio (4.65/15.93) was much lower. Therefore, contrast-enhanced sequences should be included in the primary staging of lymphoma.
authors.affiliation: Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Steinhövelstraße 9, D 89075 Ulm, Germany. freund-ulm@t-online.de
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Freund
authors.forename: Armin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seifarth
authors.forename: Gregor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stuber
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cario
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Puig
authors.forename: Andrik J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Aschoff
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media