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Neurotized Free Muscle Flaps can Produce MRI Changes Mimicking Tumour Recurrence
Soft tissue sarcomas are investigated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) both for initial staging and follow-up. We describe the presence of increased signal on T2-weighted images caused by a neurotized muscle flap following reconstructive surgery. This raised concern about possible sarcoma recurre...
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2005
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2395630/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18521420 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13577140500340484 |
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author | O’Neill, J. K. Barrett, J. A. Cobley, T. Devaraj, V. Silver, D. A. T. |
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description | Soft tissue sarcomas are investigated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) both for initial staging and follow-up. We describe the presence of increased signal on T2-weighted images caused by a neurotized muscle flap following reconstructive surgery. This raised concern about possible sarcoma recurrence that was not clinically evident. On post-operative imaging of sarcomas the presence of recurrent tumour is indicated by a mass and high signal intensity on T2-weighted images. However, high signal changes in skeletal muscle on T2-weighted images are not specific. In this case, the free functioning muscle transfer with neurotization of the flap mimicked recurrence on MR scan. High signal intensity on T2-weighted images in muscle is an indication of either a physiological change or a pathological condition and must be taken in context of the clinical picture. |
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spelling | pubmed-23956302008-06-02 Neurotized Free Muscle Flaps can Produce MRI Changes Mimicking Tumour Recurrence O’Neill, J. K. Barrett, J. A. Cobley, T. Devaraj, V. Silver, D. A. T. Sarcoma Research Article Soft tissue sarcomas are investigated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) both for initial staging and follow-up. We describe the presence of increased signal on T2-weighted images caused by a neurotized muscle flap following reconstructive surgery. This raised concern about possible sarcoma recurrence that was not clinically evident. On post-operative imaging of sarcomas the presence of recurrent tumour is indicated by a mass and high signal intensity on T2-weighted images. However, high signal changes in skeletal muscle on T2-weighted images are not specific. In this case, the free functioning muscle transfer with neurotization of the flap mimicked recurrence on MR scan. High signal intensity on T2-weighted images in muscle is an indication of either a physiological change or a pathological condition and must be taken in context of the clinical picture. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2005 /pmc/articles/PMC2395630/ /pubmed/18521420 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13577140500340484 Text en Copyright © 2005 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article O’Neill, J. K. Barrett, J. A. Cobley, T. Devaraj, V. Silver, D. A. T. Neurotized Free Muscle Flaps can Produce MRI Changes Mimicking Tumour Recurrence |
title | Neurotized Free Muscle Flaps can Produce MRI Changes Mimicking Tumour Recurrence |
title_full | Neurotized Free Muscle Flaps can Produce MRI Changes Mimicking Tumour Recurrence |
title_fullStr | Neurotized Free Muscle Flaps can Produce MRI Changes Mimicking Tumour Recurrence |
title_full_unstemmed | Neurotized Free Muscle Flaps can Produce MRI Changes Mimicking Tumour Recurrence |
title_short | Neurotized Free Muscle Flaps can Produce MRI Changes Mimicking Tumour Recurrence |
title_sort | neurotized free muscle flaps can produce mri changes mimicking tumour recurrence |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2395630/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18521420 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13577140500340484 |
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