State-of-the-art preoperative staging of gastric cancer by MDCT and magnetic resonance imaging

Figure 7 Magnetic resonance imaging of gastric cancer in a 71-year-old female patient. A: Coronal image of contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) shows enhancing wall thickening of the gastric body (arrows); B: T2-weighted image delineates a low echoic mass (arrow) destroying layers of the gastric wall. The outer border of the mass is irregular; C: Diffusion-weighted image with a b-value of 1000 shows a high signal intensity mass (arrow) with diffusion restriction; D: Subtotal gastrectomy was performed, and pathological examination revealed pT3 cancer.