Kalbhen C L, Hricak H, Shinohara K, Chen M, Parivar F, Kurhanewicz J, Vigneron D B, Carroll P R
Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco 94143, USA.
Radiology. 1996 Mar;198(3):807-11. doi: 10.1148/radiology.198.3.8628875.
To determine the morphologic changes in the prostate gland after cryosurgery and to assess the value of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in detecting residual tumor.
Twenty-seven patients with prostate carcinoma underwent endorectal MR imaging after cryosurgery. Eighteen patients also underwent MR imaging before cryosurgery. MR findings were correlated with posttreatment clinical data, prostate-specific antigen level, and biopsy results.
Mean prostate volume had decreased by 52% in patients examined 8 weeks or more after cryosurgery. Zonal differentiation was lost in 22 of 27 patients (81%). Areas of intraprostatic necrosis were identified in 14 of 27 patients (52%). A thick capsule enveloped the gland and neurovascular bundles in 24 of 27 patients (89%). Osteonecrosis of the symphysis pubis was seen in six of 27 patients (22%). Positive and negative predictive values for MR assessment of recurrent tumor were 44% and 73%, respectively.
Cryosurgery-induced changes in the prostate gland preclude reliable detection of residual prostate carcinoma at MR imaging.
确定冷冻治疗后前列腺的形态学变化,并评估磁共振(MR)成像在检测残留肿瘤方面的价值。
27例前列腺癌患者在冷冻治疗后接受了直肠内MR成像检查。18例患者在冷冻治疗前也接受了MR成像检查。将MR检查结果与治疗后的临床数据、前列腺特异性抗原水平及活检结果进行相关性分析。
在冷冻治疗8周或更长时间后接受检查的患者中,前列腺平均体积减少了52%。27例患者中有22例(81%)的前列腺分区结构消失。27例患者中有14例(52%)发现前列腺内存在坏死区域。27例患者中有24例(89%)的腺体和神经血管束被一层厚包膜包裹。27例患者中有6例(22%)出现耻骨联合骨坏死。MR评估复发性肿瘤的阳性预测值和阴性预测值分别为44%和73%。
冷冻治疗引起的前列腺变化使得在MR成像上难以可靠地检测出残留的前列腺癌。