Abstract
BACKGROUND: We report the use of diffusion-weighted imaging with background suppression (DWIBS) in pediatric virtual magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) autopsy of a child who succumbed to chordoma.
CASE DESCRIPTION: A 10-year-old girl who succumbed to relapse of a chordoma underwent whole-body virtual MRI autopsy 12 hours postmortem with short Tau inversion recovery (STIR) and DWIBS on 3 T, which demonstrated the primary mass, local and cardiac invasion, and metastatic disease to the thorax, abdomen, head/neck, and musculoskeletal system.
CONCLUSIONS: Postmortem virtual MRI autopsy including DWIBS successfully demonstrated the transthoracic spread of chordoma and invasion of the heart, resulting in blood-borne metastases. Motion and respiratory artifact were not factors during virtual autopsy using DWIBS on 3 T, making ideal use of this technology.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 133-136 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2017 |
Keywords
- Abdominal Neoplasms
- Autopsy
- Bone Neoplasms
- Child
- Chordoma
- Female
- Head and Neck Neoplasms
- Heart
- Humans
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Myocardium
- Neoplasm Invasiveness
- Neoplasm Metastasis
- Thoracic Neoplasms
- User-Computer Interface
- Case Reports
- Journal Article