• J Neuroimaging · Nov 2022

    Advanced MRI to differentiate schwannomas and metastases in the cerebellopontine angle/internal auditory canal.

    • Yoshiaki Ota, Eric Liao, Raymond Zhao, Remy Lobo, Aristides A Capizzano, Jayapalli Rajiv Bapuraj, Gaurang Shah, Akira Baba, and Ashok Srinivasan.
    • Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
    • J Neuroimaging. 2022 Nov 1; 32 (6): 117711841177-1184.

    Background And PurposeDifferentiating schwannomas and metastases in the cerebellopontine angles (CPA)/internal auditory canals (IAC) can be challenging. This study aimed to assess the role of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) to differentiate schwannomas and metastases in the CPA/IAC.MethodsWe retrospectively reviewed 368 patients who were diagnosed with schwannomas or metastases in the CPA/IAC between April 2017 and February 2022 in a single academic center. Forty-three patients had pretreatment DWI and DCE-MRI along with conventional MRI. Normalized mean apparent diffusion coefficient ratio (nADCmean) and DCE-MRI parameters of fractional plasma volume (Vp), flux rate constant (Kep), and forward volume transfer constant were compared along with patients' demographics and conventional imaging features between schwannomas and metastases as appropriate. The diagnostic performances and multivariate logistic regression analysis were performed using the significantly different values.ResultsBetween 23 schwannomas (15 males; median 48 years) and 20 metastases (9 males; median 61 years), nADCmean (median: 1.69 vs. 1.43; p = .002), Vp (median: 0.05 vs. 0.20; p < .001), and Kep (median: 0.41 vs. 0.81 minute-1 ; p < .001) were significantly different. The diagnostic performances of nADCmean, Vp, and Kep were 0.77, 0.90, and 0.83 area under the curves, with cutoff values of 1.68, 0.12, and 0.53, respectively. Vp was identified as the most significant parameter for the tumor differentiation in the multivariate logistic regression analysis (p < .001).ConclusionsDWI and DCE-MRI can help differentiate CPA/IAC schwannomas and metastases, and Vp is the most significant parameter.© 2022 The Authors. Journal of Neuroimaging published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Society of Neuroimaging.

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