Factors that Influence the Permeability Analysis in Magnetic Resonance Studies of the Prostate

The permeability analysis was performed using the IntelliSpace portal, manufactured by PHILIPS with the Permeability package. The variables changed during processing were the AIF, temporal and spatial smoothing filters.

For each equipment field strength a processing protocol was created informing the injection time, the relaxativity and the concentration of the contrast agent.

There is a significant difference in the values of permeability between the Manual and Automatic AIF processing. Temporal smoothing filters showed greater variation when using the medium setting.

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Liposarcoma of the Uterine Cervix in Nigeria: Case Report

A massive review of uncommon sarcomas of the uterine service was carried out by Fadare. Concerning liposarcoma, it was concluded that they are “extraordinarily rare.” Moreover, it was stated that “only four cases of pure liposarcoma of the cervix have been reported in the English literature.”

These four had an average of 54 years (range 45– 62). Therefore, it is of interest that the local case about to be presented was aged 65 years. Its appreciation was facilitated by a Birmingham (UK) group, which postulated that a histopathology data pool can facilitate the prosecution of epidemiological analysis.

Such a pool, established by the senior author (WO), was used here and is deemed to be worthy of documentation.

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