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Mucinous carcinomas involving the prostate: Atypical findings at MR imaging
Author(s) -
Outwater Eric,
Schiebler Mark L.,
Schnall Mitchell D.,
Kressel Herbert Y.,
Tomaszewski John E.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of magnetic resonance imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.563
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1522-2586
pISSN - 1053-1807
DOI - 10.1002/jmri.1880020520
Subject(s) - prostate , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , prostate cancer , t2 weighted , mucinous carcinoma , radiology , pathology , adenocarcinoma , cancer
The magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings in four patients with mucinous tumors involving the prostate are presented. The MR appearance of these tumors differed from that of typical prostatic adenocarci‐nomas in that the signal intensity on T2‐weighted images approximated or exceeded that of the uninvolved peripheral zone. The unusual appearance of mucinous prostate tumors may present problems in diagnosis and staging with MR imaging.