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Radiología (English Edition) Clinical applications of bladder magnetic resonance imaging: Beyond the VI-RADS...
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Vol. 67. Issue 5.
(September - October 2025)
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Vol. 67. Issue 5.
(September - October 2025)
Update in Radiology
Clinical applications of bladder magnetic resonance imaging: Beyond the VI-RADS® classification
Aplicaciones clínicas de la resonancia magnética de vejiga: más allá de la clasificación VIRADS®
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J. Etxanoa,b,
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etxanojon@gmail.com

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, A. López-Masedaa,b
a Osatek, Unidad de Urdúliz, Osakidetza, Urdúliz, Bizkaia, Spain
b Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Biobizkaia, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain
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Abstract

Bladder cancer is a cause for serious concern due to its high prevalence and the considerable challenges it poses in terms of morbidity, costs, and mortality. In recent years, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the bladder has proved to be a useful tool with a significant impact on both local staging and the assessment of neoadjuvant treatment responses. This article reviews the main anatomical, histological and radiological characteristics of bladder neoplasms, describes bladder MRI, explains the VI-RADS® classification—which should only be used to classify malignant lesions and in studies undertaken principally to evaluate the probability of tumour infiltration in the muscular layer—and specifies how this technique can optimise the clinical management of patients with bladder neoplasms.

Keywords:
Bladder cancer
Magnetic resonance imaging
VIRADS®
Non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer
Muscle-invasive bladder neoplasms
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El cáncer de vejiga es una enfermedad de gran relevancia debido a su alta prevalencia y su importante morbilidad, coste y mortalidad. En los últimos años, la resonancia magnética (RM) de vejiga ha demostrado ser una herramienta útil con gran impacto tanto en la estadificación local como en la valoración de respuesta a los tratamientos neoadyuvantes. El objetivo de este trabajo es repasar las principales características anatómicas, histológicas y radiológicas de las neoplasias de vejiga, presentar la RM de vejiga, explicar la clasificación VIRADS®, que debe ser utilizada únicamente en lesiones malignas y cuya principal finalidad es evaluar la probabilidad de infiltración tumoral en la capa muscular, y describir cómo esta técnica puede optimizar el manejo clínico de los pacientes con neoplasias vesicales.

Palabras clave:
Cáncer de vejiga
Resonancia magnética
VIRADS®
Cáncer de vejiga no músculoinvasivo
Neoplasias de vejiga músculo infiltrantes

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