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MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of anaplastic thyroid cancer. MRI may also be performed to detect metastases of anaplastic thyroid cancer to brain and bones. | MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of anaplastic thyroid cancer. MRI may also be performed to detect metastases of anaplastic thyroid cancer to brain and bones. | ||
==Key MRI Findings in Anaplastic thyroid cancer== | ==Key MRI Findings in Anaplastic thyroid cancer== | ||
MRI uses powerful magnetic forces and radio-frequency waves to make cross-sectional images of organs, tissues, bones and blood vessels. A computer turns the images into 3-dimensional pictures. It may be used to: | * MRI uses powerful magnetic forces and radio-frequency waves to make cross-sectional images of organs, tissues, bones and blood vessels. A computer turns the images into 3-dimensional pictures. It may be used to: | ||
:* Check for cancer in the thyroid gland | |||
:* Check if the cancer has spread to other tissues such as the lymph nodes, brain, spine or abdominal organs | |||
* MRI is expensive to perform and may not be as available as other imaging tests at every center<ref> Thyroid Cancer Canadian Cancer Society (2015). http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/thyroid/diagnosis/?region=sk- Accessed on November, 19 2015</ref> | |||
MRI is expensive to perform and may not be as available as other imaging tests at every center<ref> Thyroid Cancer Canadian Cancer Society (2015). http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/thyroid/diagnosis/?region=sk- Accessed on November, 19 2015</ref> | |||
==MRI Examples of Anaplastic thyroid cancer== | ==MRI Examples of Anaplastic thyroid cancer== | ||
[[File:MRI anaplastic thyroid cancer.jpg|thumb|center|MRI anaplastic thyroid cancer<ref name=radio> Image courtesy of Ichiro Abe [http://www.radiopaedia.org Radiopedia] (original file [http://radiopaedia.org/articles/anaplastic-thyroid-carcinoma ‘’here’’].[http://radiopaedia.org/licence Creative Commons BY-SA-NC]</ref>]] | [[File:MRI anaplastic thyroid cancer.jpg|thumb|center|MRI anaplastic thyroid cancer<ref name=radio> Image courtesy of Ichiro Abe [http://www.radiopaedia.org Radiopedia] (original file [http://radiopaedia.org/articles/anaplastic-thyroid-carcinoma ‘’here’’].[http://radiopaedia.org/licence Creative Commons BY-SA-NC]</ref>]] | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]
Overview
MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of anaplastic thyroid cancer. MRI may also be performed to detect metastases of anaplastic thyroid cancer to brain and bones.
Key MRI Findings in Anaplastic thyroid cancer
- MRI uses powerful magnetic forces and radio-frequency waves to make cross-sectional images of organs, tissues, bones and blood vessels. A computer turns the images into 3-dimensional pictures. It may be used to:
- Check for cancer in the thyroid gland
- Check if the cancer has spread to other tissues such as the lymph nodes, brain, spine or abdominal organs
- MRI is expensive to perform and may not be as available as other imaging tests at every center[1]
MRI Examples of Anaplastic thyroid cancer
References
- ↑ Thyroid Cancer Canadian Cancer Society (2015). http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/thyroid/diagnosis/?region=sk- Accessed on November, 19 2015
- ↑ Image courtesy of Ichiro Abe Radiopedia (original file ‘’here’’.Creative Commons BY-SA-NC