Semiquantitative assessment of MR imaging in prediction of efficacy of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist for volume reduction of uterine leiomyoma: initial experience

Radiology
Shigeo OkudaSachio Kuribayashi

Abstract

To prospectively determine if semiquantitative assessment of R2* images and T1-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) images of leiomyomas correlates with the efficacy of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist treatment for volume reduction. Internal review board approval and informed consent were obtained for this study. Twenty women (mean age, 36.3 years) with intramyometrial leiomyomas were enrolled in this study. Single-section double-echo dynamic MR imaging was performed before GnRH agonist administration. T2-weighted images were obtained before and after two or three GnRH agonist injections (1.88 mg leuprorelin acetate). The steepest signal intensity (SI) upslope on T1-weighted images and the area under the curve (AUC) on R2* images were determined by using a 16 x 16-voxel matrix that was placed in the center of a leiomyoma. Pearson correlation analysis was performed to compare the percentage of volume reduction with SI upslope and AUC. Unpaired t test was performed to evaluate the difference between leiomyomas with AUC and SI upslope values that were less than or greater than the mean. Percentage of volume reduction ranged from 6.2% to 51.1%. The mean AUC and mean SI upslope were 39.2 and 9.83% per second, respectively....Continue Reading

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