Department of Radiology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Can Assoc Radiol J. 2019 May;70(2):134-146. doi: 10.1016/j.carj.2018.09.005. Epub 2019 Mar 8.
Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the prostate is a powerful and increasingly utilized imaging study for the diagnosis, staging, and surveillance of prostate cancer. With greater adoption by clinicians, it is becoming more common for incidental findings to be first detected on prostate MRI. Inadequate description of clinically significant findings may not prompt appropriate patient management, while over-reporting of indolent findings comes at increased patient anxiety, cost of workup, and iatrogenic risk. This review article aims to improve awareness, review pathophysiology, and present key imaging features of incidental findings seen on prostate MRI, ranging from common to rare and from benign to clinically significant.
多参数磁共振成像(MRI)在前列腺癌的诊断、分期和监测方面是一种强大且越来越常用的影像学研究方法。随着临床医生的广泛采用,在前列腺 MRI 上首先发现偶然发现的情况变得越来越常见。对临床意义重大的发现描述不足可能不会促使进行适当的患者管理,而过度报告惰性发现则会增加患者的焦虑、检查成本和医源性风险。这篇综述文章旨在提高认识,回顾发病机制,并介绍前列腺 MRI 上偶然发现的常见到罕见、良性到临床显著的偶然发现的关键影像学特征。