Open AccessMRI Identification of the Osseous Extent of Pediatric Bone Sarcomas
Author(s) -
Marc Thompson,
John C. Shapton,
Stephanie Punt,
Christopher N. Johnson,
Ernest U. Conrad
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1007/s11999.0000000000000068
Subject(s) - medicine , sarcoma , bone sarcoma , osteosarcoma , radiology , tibia , femur , magnetic resonance imaging , primary bone , retrospective cohort study , surgical margin , cohort , surgery , pathology , resection
The quantitative accuracy of MRI in predicting the intraosseous extent of primary sarcoma of bone has not been definitively confirmed, although MRI is widely accepted as an accurate tool to plan limb salvage resections. Because inaccuracies in MRI determination of tumor extent could affect the ability of a tumor surgeon to achieve negative margins and avoid local recurrence, we thought it important to assess the accuracy of MR-determined tumor extent to the actual extent observed pathologically from resected specimens in pediatric patients treated for primary sarcomas of bone.