کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3983364 1257762 2008 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Intramedullary tumours in patients with neurofibromatosis type 2: MRI features associated with a favourable prognosis
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی تومور شناسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Intramedullary tumours in patients with neurofibromatosis type 2: MRI features associated with a favourable prognosis
چکیده انگلیسی

AimTo assess the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features and natural history of intramedullary tumours in patients with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2).Materials and methodsEleven NF2 patients with intramedullary spinal cord tumours were identified from the database of the multidisciplinary NF2 clinic. All the imaging studies of these patients were individually reviewed by two neuroradiologists to evaluate the size, number, location, imaging characteristics, and interval growth of the intramedullary tumours.ResultsTwo of the 11 patients had lesions that required surgery. Both these lesions were in the cervical region, and extended over three and five segments respectively. Nine patients with a mean imaging follow-up period of 77 months had lesions that remained stable, apart from the development of small peritumoral cysts in three. The lesions were well circumscribed, often multiple, usually less than 1 cm in diameter, and were most frequently found in the cervical cord.ConclusionThe majority of intramedullary tumours in NF2 patients are very slow growing and share certain MRI features that differ from those of progressive or symptomatic lesions.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Clinical Radiology - Volume 63, Issue 2, February 2008, Pages 193–200
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