Head and Neck Imaging

Value of DWI Diagnosis of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemic Skull in Children*

Author:CAO Wei-guo, GAN Yun-gen,YE Wen-hong,et al

affiliation:Department of Radiology, Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen 518038, Guangdong Province, China

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Abstract

Objective To assess the role of diffusion weighted imaging(DWI) of Acute lymphoblastic leukemic(All) skull marrow in children. Methods 30 volunteers and 51 Acute lymphoblastic leukemic children underwent MRI with T1weighted imaging(T1WI),T2weighted imaging(T2WI),and DWI ,the values of ADC was obtained. Results the values of ADC in children with All were decreased,as compared with normal volunteers , the values of ADC in All children with high signals of DWI were decreased,as compared with normal signals, the sequence of DWI is better than the sequences of T1WI and T2WI to find the infiltrating areas of skull in All children. Conclusion DWI and the values of ADC have significant value to diagnose the leukemia in chlidren.

【Keyword】Children Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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【Document Identification Number】A

【DOI】 10.3969/j.issn.1672- 5131.2016.08.026