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The Role of Whole-Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Assessing Extrapulmonary Metastases in Osteosarcoma Staging and Restaging: A Pilot Study.
Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography 2023 March 23
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study is to investigate the role of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in assessing extrapulmonary metastases in primary osteosarcoma staging.
METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed medical data to identify primary osteosarcoma patients with available preoperative whole-body MRI obtained in the staging or restaging. Histopathology was the reference test for assessing the diagnostic performance, if available. Otherwise, oncology board decisions were used as the reference. In addition, the benefits of whole-body MRI to F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (18F-FDG PET-CT) and bone scintigraphy were investigated.
RESULTS: In all, 36 patients with osteosarcoma (24 staging, 12 restaging) with a mean age of 16.36 ± 5.63 years (range, 9-29 years) were included in the study. The median follow-up duration was 26.61 months (interquartile range, 33.3 months). Of 36 patients, 8 had skeletal, 1 had a lymph node, and 1 had a subcutaneous metastasis. Whole-body MRI correctly identified all patients with metastatic disease but incorrectly classified a bone infarct in one patient as a skeletal metastasis, equating a scan-level sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, negative predictive value, and positive predictive value of 100%, 96.3%, 97.3%, 100%, and 90.91%. Whole-body MRI contributed to bone scintigraphy by identifying a skeletal metastasis in one patient and positron emission tomography-computed tomography by ruling out a skeletal metastasis in another.
CONCLUSIONS: Whole-body MRI could accurately identify extrapulmonary metastases in primary osteosarcoma patients for staging or restaging. In addition, it might contribute to the standard whole-body imaging methods.
METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed medical data to identify primary osteosarcoma patients with available preoperative whole-body MRI obtained in the staging or restaging. Histopathology was the reference test for assessing the diagnostic performance, if available. Otherwise, oncology board decisions were used as the reference. In addition, the benefits of whole-body MRI to F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (18F-FDG PET-CT) and bone scintigraphy were investigated.
RESULTS: In all, 36 patients with osteosarcoma (24 staging, 12 restaging) with a mean age of 16.36 ± 5.63 years (range, 9-29 years) were included in the study. The median follow-up duration was 26.61 months (interquartile range, 33.3 months). Of 36 patients, 8 had skeletal, 1 had a lymph node, and 1 had a subcutaneous metastasis. Whole-body MRI correctly identified all patients with metastatic disease but incorrectly classified a bone infarct in one patient as a skeletal metastasis, equating a scan-level sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, negative predictive value, and positive predictive value of 100%, 96.3%, 97.3%, 100%, and 90.91%. Whole-body MRI contributed to bone scintigraphy by identifying a skeletal metastasis in one patient and positron emission tomography-computed tomography by ruling out a skeletal metastasis in another.
CONCLUSIONS: Whole-body MRI could accurately identify extrapulmonary metastases in primary osteosarcoma patients for staging or restaging. In addition, it might contribute to the standard whole-body imaging methods.
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