Increased Conspicuity of Intraventricular Lesions Revealed by Three-dimensional Constructive Interference in Steady State Sequences
Dewen Yanga,
Yukunori Korogi
,a,
Yukitaka Ushioa and
Mutsumasa Takahashia
a From the Departments of Radiology (D.Y., Y.K., M.T.) and Neurosurgery(Y.U.), Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.

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FIG 1. A 70-year-old man with intraventricular cysts in both lateral ventricles. The cyst walls (arrows) are clearly depicted on this 3D-CISS image.
FIG 2. A 28-year-old man with central neurocytoma. Many small cystic components (arrows) are clearly visible within the tumor on this 3D-CISS image.
FIG 3. A 51-year-old man with ependymoma of the fourth ventricle. A 3D-CISS sequence clearly shows the relationship between the tumor and adjacent structures (arrows), making determination of tumor origin easy.
FIG 4. A 25-year-old man with anaplastic astrocytoma. A 3D-CISS sequence depicts multiple dissemination (arrows) in the ventricles.
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