Abstract:Objective To analyze MRI features of intracranial hemangiopericytomas(HPC) and meningioma so as to improve their diagnostic accuracy.Methods MRI findings in 16 cases with HPC and 95 cases with meningioma confirmed by surgical and pathology were retrospectively analyzed. MRI signs included tumor maximum diameter, margin, signal voids of vessel in tumor, cystic degeneration or necrosis in tumor, "dural tail sign", enhancement pattern and degree.Results The maximum diameters of HPC and meningiomas were (5.40±1.72)cm and (4.43±1.35)cm, respectively, and the difference was statistically significant (t=2.551, P<0.05). There were statistically significant differences in tumor margin, signal voids of vessel in tumor, cystic degeneration or necrosis in tumor, enhancement pattern and degree, and "dural tail sign" (χ2=16.883, 24.680, 16.580, 11.296, 11.530, P<0.05), while no statistically significant difference in the enhancement degree.Conclusions Imaging findings of HPC had larger maximum diameter, more cross-leaf growth tendency, more signal voids of vessel, more necrosis, more cystic changes giving rise to heterogeneous signals, rarer frequency of the "dural tail sign" than meningiomas. These features may help differentiate them.
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Zhang Tingting, Liu Bin, Qian Yinfeng, Huang Guoquan, Yu Yongqiang. The comparison study of MRI characteristics of intracranial hemangiopericytomas and meningiomas. Chinese Journal of Anatomy and Clinics, 2015, 20(5): 415-417.
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