Usefulness of the Apparent Diffusion Coefficient in Line Scan Diffusion-Weighted Imaging for Distinguishing between Squamous Cell Carcinomas and Malignant Lymphomas of the Head and Neck
Masayuki Maedaa,
Hiroya Katob,
Hajime Sakumaa,
Stephan E. Maierc and
Kan Takedaa
a Department of Radiology, Mie University School of Medicine, Japan
b Department of Pathology, Mie University School of Medicine, Japan
c Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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FIG 1. Axial images obtained in a 46-year-old woman with moderately differentiated SCC of the hypopharynx.
A, T2-weighted fat-suppressed MR image shows a mass (arrow) in the upper right pyriform sinus.
B, LSDWI obtained with b = 1000 s/mm2 shows a mass (arrow). Anatomic details adjacent to the mass are clearly depicted and easily understood.
C, Corresponding ADC map. ADC of the mass (arrow) is 0.94 x 10–3 mm2/s.
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FIG 2. Axial images obtained in a 69-year-old man with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the nasopharynx.
A, T2-weighted fat-suppressed MR image shows the mass (arrows).
B, LSDWI obtained with b = 1000 s/mm2 shows the mass (arrows).
C, Corresponding ADC map. ADC value of the mass (arrows) is 0.69 x 10–3 mm2/s.
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FIG 3. Axial images obtained in a 68-year-old man with moderately differentiated SCC of the left lacrimal sac.
A, T2-weighted fat-suppressed MR image shows the mass (arrow).
B, LSDWI obtained with b = 1000 s/mm2 shows the mass (arrow).
C, ADC map shows that the signal intensity of the mass (arrow) is slightly higher than that of normal brain parenchyma. ADC of the mass is 1.04 x 10–3 mm2/s.
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FIG 4. Axial images obtained in a 57-year-old man with marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of the right orbit.
A, T2-weighted fat-suppressed MR image shows the mass (arrows).
B, LSDWI obtained with b = 1000 s/mm2 shows the mass (arrows).
C, ADC map shows that the signal intensity of the mass (arrows) is slightly lower than that of normal brain parenchyma. ADC of the mass is 0.59 x 10–3 mm2/s.
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FIG 5. Axial images obtained in a 69-year-old man with moderately differentiated SCC of the right ethmoid sinuses extending intracranially.
A, T2-weighted fat-suppressed MR image shows the mass (arrows).
B, Echo-planar DW image obtained with b = 1000 s/mm2 shows significant susceptibility artifacts due to a fixed partial denture, making it impossible to evaluate diffusion.
C, LSDWI obtained with b = 1000 s/mm2 shows the mass (arrows) free from susceptibility artifacts.
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FIG 6. Scatterplot of ADC values in SCC (n = 39) and lymphoma (n = 14). All but one of the patients with lymphoma had ADCs lower than the lowest ADC (0.76 x 10–3 mm2/s) in those with SCC. When an ADC of 0.76 x 10–3 mm2/s (dotted line) was used to distinguish between SCC and lymphoma, the accuracy was 98% (52 of 53 lesions).
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FIG 7. Scatterplot of ADC values in well (n = 8), moderately (n = 27), and poorly (n = 4) differentiated SCCs. ADCs overlap in the three subtypes of SCC. Well or moderately differentiated SCC (n = 35) did not significantly differ from poorly differentiated SCC (n = 4).
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