MRI features of mucinous adenocarcinoma of the prostate: report of four cases

Abdominal Radiology
Kaori YamadaKei Yamada

Abstract

We report four patients with mucinous adenocarcinoma of the prostate, focusing on their magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings. The lesions appeared hyperintense on T2-weighted images (T2WI) in all four patients. In the two patients in whom the tumors were confined to the peripheral zone (PZ), the lesions were isointense to the surrounding normal PZ, making them difficult to identify. In all three patients who underwent diffusion-weighted imaging (b = 1000), the lesions appeared hyperintense but visually there was little or no decrease in the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), with ADC values of 1.02, 1.39, and 1.66 × 10-3 mm2/s, respectively. In the three patients who underwent a dynamic contrast-enhanced MR study, early enhancement was evident in two (partial in one), and gradually increasing enhancement in one. In the four cases in this instance, MRI findings of mucinous adenocarcinoma were very different from the appearance of non-mucinous adenocarcinoma. It is suggested that the conventional interpretation method of MRI for prostate cancer is not suitable for mucinous adenocarcinoma. Those who interpret prostate MRI should be aware of this rare and unique subtype of prostate cancer.

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