Extracellular volume fraction measurement correlates with lymphocyte abundance in thymic epithelial tumors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent advance in tissue characterization with parametric mapping imaging has the potential to be a novel biomarker for histopathologic correlation with thymic epithelial tumors (TETs). The purpose of our study is to evaluate MRI T1 mapping with the calculation of extracellular volume (ECV) fraction for histologic correlation with thymic epithelial tumor based on lymphocyte abundance.

Methods

A retrospective study including 31 consecutive patients (14 men and 17 women, median age, 56?years; interquartile range, 12?years) with TETs was performed. The T1 values and ECV were assessed by using quantitative MRI mapping techniques. Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis H test, and receiver operating characteristic curve analyses were used to assess discrimination between different types of TETs based on lymphocyte abundance.

Results

Extracellular volume was significantly higher in TETs with sparse lymphocyte, including type A, type B3, and thymic carcinoma, compared with those with abundant lymphocyte, including type B1, B2, and AB thymomas (42.5% vs 26.9%, respectively; p?ConclusionsT1 mapping with the calculation of extracellular volume (ECV) fraction correlate with the WHO histologic classification of thymic epithelial tumor based on lymphocyte abundance.

SUBMITTER: Chang CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7539449 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature