Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging To Differentiate In Thymus Pathology: A Pilot Study
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Follicular hyperplasiaThymomaThymus10038666
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON40543
- Lead Sponsor
- Medisch Universitair Ziekenhuis Maastricht
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Inclusion Criteria
• Patients >18 years old, not pregnant
• All willing patients must provide written informed consent, agree to comply with the protocol;
• Suspected for an anterior mediastinal mass arising from the thymus and accepted for robotic thymectomy
Exclusion Criteria
• Patients< 18 years old
• Patients with contraindications for MRI; metal impants, pacemakers, insulin pumps and nerve stimulators
• Claustrophobia
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The main objective of this study is to create and optimize a DWI MRI scan<br /><br>protocol </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The second objective is to assess if DWI can differentiate between different<br /><br>malignant and benign thymic masses and to asses of DWI MRI can accurate<br /><br>determine the invasiveness of a thymoma. </p><br>