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Chronic lymphocytic leukemia MRI
Introduction
Overview
Overview
MRI may be performed to detect spinal cord bone infiltration among chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients. MRI can also be used to assess for lymphadenopathy with a greater level of detail than physical examination alone.
MRI
MRI
- MRI may be performed to detect spinal cord bone infiltration among chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients.[1]
- On spinal MRI, chronic lymphocytic leukemia is characterized by expansion of the spinal cord and lymph node enlargement.
- Spinal MRI image characteristics observed among chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients include:
- T1 weighted image demonstrates:
- T1 weighted image with gadolinium contrast demonstrates:
- Heterogeneous enhancement
- T1 weighted image demonstrates:
- Heterogeneous and diffuse signal
Gallery
Gallery
![Sagittal spinal T2 weighted MRI image illustrating heterogeneous and diffuse enhancement of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. [2]](https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/File%3ACLL_Spinal_MRI_T2.jpg)
![Sagittal spinal T1 weighted MRI image illustrating hypointense diffuse signal of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. [2]](https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/File%3ACLL_MRI_T1.jpg)
References
References
- ↑ Chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Dr Yuranga Weerakkody Radiopaedia (2015) http://radiopaedia.org/articles/chronic-lymphocytic-leukaemia Accessed on October, 14 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Image courtesy of Dr Frank Gaillard Radiopaedia(original file “here”). Creative Commons BY-SA-NC
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