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Published on: October 20, 2023
Fat status detection and histotypes differentiation in solid renal masses using Dixon technique
Jun Sun1, Zhaoyu Xing2, Jie Chen1
1Department of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, China.
Purpose:
To detect fat status and differentiate histotypes of renal masses by using Dixon technique.
Materials And Methods:
This study included 134 solid renal masses. Signal intensity index (SII) and fat fraction (FF) in different histotypes were compared.
Results:
Only angiomyolipoma (AML), clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC), and papillary RCC were confirmed to contain fat. The FF of 16.8% can effectively differentiate AML from clear cell RCC, so did the SII of 9.2% can differentiate clear cell RCC from non-clear cell RCC and rare benign histotypes.
Conclusion:
Dixon technique successfully evaluated the fat status and histotypes of renal masses.
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