Role of Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Values in differentiating Benign from Malignant Cervical Lymph Nodes

Volume 21 No 6 (2023)

Dr. K. N. Madan Kumar, Dr. Anil Kumar Sakalecha, Dr. Hemalatha

DOI: 10.48047/nq.2023.21.6.NQ23028

Abstract

BACKGROUND In this study, Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) cut-off values werederived by using diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWMRI) to differentiate benign from malignant cervical lymph nodes with Histopathological correlation. METHODS This was a hospital basedcross sectional analytical study conducted among 72 patients who presented withenlarged cervical lymph nodesto the Department ofRadio-Diagnosis, R.L. Jalappa Hospital and Research Centre attached to Sri DevarajUrs Medical College, Tamaka, Kolar, over a period of 18 months from January 2021 to June 2022 after obtaining clearance from Institutional Ethics Committee and written informed consent from the study participants

Keywords

Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging, ApparentDiffusion Coefficient, Benign, Malignant Cervical Lymph Nodes

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