[Use of diffusion-weighted MRI in monitoring response of lymph node metastatic bladder cancer treated with chemotherary]

Nihon Hinyokika Gakkai Zasshi. 2008 Nov;99(7):737-41. doi: 10.5980/jpnjurol1989.99.737.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Diffusion-weighted MRI (DW-MRI) is a functional imaging to assess molecular diffusion. We report a case in which treatment response to lymph node metastatic bladder cancer was monitored by DW-MRI. A 67-year-old man had paraaortic lymph node metastasis from bladder cancer; the paraaortic lymph node showed high signal intensity on DW-MRI. After four course treatment of gemcitabine and cisplatin, the lesion showed reduction of signal intensity on DW-MRI and increase of the apparent diffusion coefficient value. These signal changes were consistent with the change of morphological images (CT, MRI (T1-W, T2-W)), 18F-FDG PET and tumor markers. This case suggests that DW-MRI is useful in monitoring treatment response of metastatic bladder cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Deoxycytidine / administration & dosage
  • Deoxycytidine / analogs & derivatives
  • Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Gemcitabine
  • Humans
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Male
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / pathology

Substances

  • Deoxycytidine
  • Cisplatin
  • Gemcitabine