Hemorrhagic intracranial malignant neoplasms: spin-echo MR imaging.
Publication/Presentation Date
7-1-1987
Abstract
Twelve patients with 15 separate, spontaneously hemorrhagic, intracranial malignant lesions (seven primary gliomas, eight metastatic lesions) were examined with spin-echo magnetic resonance imaging at 1.5 T, and with computed tomography. The signal intensity patterns of these lesions, as seen on both short repetition time (TR)/short echo time (TE) and long-TR/long-TE spin-echo pulse sequences, were compared with the previously described appearance at 1.5 T of non-neoplastic intracerebral hematomas. The images of hemorrhagic intracranial malignancies showed notable signal heterogeneity, often with identifiable nonhemorrhagic tissue corresponding to tumor; diminished, irregular, or absent hemosiderin deposition; delayed hematoma evolution; and pronounced or persistent edema, compared with non-neoplastic hematomas. The demonstration of these characteristics in the appropriate clinical setting may suggest malignancy as the cause of an intracranial hematoma.
Volume
164
Issue
1
First Page
71
Last Page
77
ISSN
0033-8419
Published In/Presented At
Atlas, S. W., Grossman, R. I., Gomori, J. M., Hackney, D. B., Goldberg, H. I., Zimmerman, R. A., & Bilaniuk, L. T. (1987). Hemorrhagic intracranial malignant neoplasms: spin-echo MR imaging. Radiology, 164(1), 71–77. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.164.1.3588929
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Pediatrics
PubMedID
3588929
Department(s)
Department of Pediatrics
Document Type
Article