Utility of diffusion-weighted and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in diagnosing and differentiating between high- and low-grade uterine endometrial stromal sarcoma

Table 5 Literature summary of MR imaging findings of high-grade and low-grade endometrial stromal sarcomas

Author	Year	Patient number (Age, years)		Size (cm)	Feather-like enhancement		Necrosis		Hemorrhage		Reference
Author	Year	HG	LG	Size (cm)	HG	LG	HG	LG	HG	LG	Reference
Koyama	1999	2 (50, 64)	6 (20–49)	3–18	N/A	–	+/−	–	+/−	–	[14]
La Fianza	1999	1 (55)	0	11	+	N/A	+	N/A	+	N/A	[26]
Ueda	2000	1 (53)	1 (47)	8.5, 9	+	–	+	–	N/A	–	[27]
Gandolfo	2000	1 (52)	1 (69)	10, 10	+	N/A	+	+	+	+	[13]
Ueda	2001	4 (35–55)	4 (53–66)	1–19	+	–	+/−	+/−	+/−	+/−	[15]
Toprak	2004	0	1 (24)	N/A	N/A	–	N/A	–	N/A	–	[40]
Chien	2005	0	1 (46)	N/A	N/A	–	N/A	–	N/A	–	[41]
Kusaka	2006	1 (39)	0	8	N/A	N/A	+	N/A	+	N/A	[42]
Hayasaka	2006	1 (74)	0	N/A	+	N/A	+	N/A	+	N/A	[28]
Tamai	2008	0	2 (40, 47)	5, 10	N/A	N/A	N/A	–	N/A	–	[16]
Fujii	2010	0	2 (44, 53)	N/A	N/A	–	N/A	–	N/A	–	[39]
Furukawa	2010	0	3 (20–57)	5.5–11	N/A	–	N/A	–	N/A	+/−	[29]
Liu	2015	1 (73)	0	5.2	N/A	N/A	+	N/A	+	N/A	[43]

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