A comparative study between CT, MRI, and intraoral US for the evaluation of the depth of invasion in early stage (T1/T2) tongue squamous cell carcinoma

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OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to clarify the accuracy of intraoral ultrasonography (US), computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in preoperative image depth of invasion (DOI) measurement of T1/T2 tongue cancer through comparison with histopathological measurements.

METHODS: Imaging of the primary lesions was performed at our hospital; the lesions were classified into T1 and T2 based on the 8th edition of the AJCC/UICC, and surgery performed. There was histopathological confirmation of lesions as squamous cell carcinoma in 48 patients with tongue cancer. T3 and T4 cases, cases in which preoperative chemotherapy and radiation therapy were performed, and cases where biopsy was performed before imaging were excluded. The radiological DOI in US, CT, and MRI and the histopathological DOI as base were comparatively investigated and statistical analyses were performed by Bland-Altman analysis and Spearman's rank correlation coefficient.

RESULTS: Bland-Altman analysis showed that the US radiological DOI was overestimated by an average of 0.2 mm compared to the histopathological DOI, while CT and MRI radiological DOI were overestimated by an average of 2-3 mm. The comparison of CT and MRI revealed that the difference between the MRI and histopathological DOI, as well as the 95% limit of agreement, were smaller than those of the CT radiological DOI.

CONCLUSIONS: US is the most accurate preoperative diagnostic tool for T1 and T2 squamous cell carcinoma; CT and MRI tend to have an overestimation of about 2-3 mm and so caution is required.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:38

Enthalten in:

Oral radiology - 38(2022), 1 vom: 10. Jan., Seite 114-125

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Takamura, Masaki [VerfasserIn]
Kobayashi, Taichi [VerfasserIn]
Nikkuni, Yutaka [VerfasserIn]
Katsura, Kouji [VerfasserIn]
Yamazaki, Manabu [VerfasserIn]
Maruyama, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]
Tanuma, Jun-Ichi [VerfasserIn]
Hayashi, Takafumi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CT
DOI
Intraoral sonography
Journal Article
MRI
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tongue carcinoma

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Date Completed 25.04.2022

Date Revised 25.04.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11282-021-00533-7

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM325220212