Abstract
Due to its unparalleled soft tissue resolution and multiplanar imaging capability, MRI is the modality of choice for imaging synovial tumor and tumorlike lesions. The minimal hardware requirements, imaging protocol, and either basic or advanced MR sequences are described. For lesion characterization, four major groups can be distinguished based on the analysis of signal intensities on T1- and T2-weighted images. Furthermore, this chapter gives an overview on the role of MRI in grading and local staging and might serve as a guideline for suggesting a relevant differential diagnosis and prognosticating the probability or degree of malignancy of synovial tumors. MRI characteristics for some specific tumors are further described in the respective chapters of this book.
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Abbreviations
- DCE-MRI:
-
Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI
- FOV:
-
Field of view
- FS:
-
Fat suppressed
- FSE:
-
Fast spin echo
- GRE :
-
Gradient recalled echo
- MRI:
-
Magnetic resonance imaging
- SE:
-
Spin echo
- SI:
-
Signal intensity
- STIR:
-
Short tau inversion recovery
- TSGCT:
-
Tenosynovial giant cell tumor
- WI:
-
Weighted image
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Goossens, A.R., Vanhoenacker, F.M., Verstraete, K.L. (2023). Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Synovial Tumor and Tumorlike Conditions. In: Vanhoenacker, F.M., Ladeb, M.F. (eds) Imaging of Synovial Tumors and Tumor-like Conditions. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2023_427
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