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MR imaging of carcinoma within urinary bladder diverticulum

1997; Elsevier BV; Volume: 21; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0899-7071(96)00049-6

1873-4499

Sara M. Durfee, Lawrence H. Schwartz, David M. Panicek, Paul Russo,

Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments

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.