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- 3D Pseudocontinuous Arterial Spin-Labeling MR Imaging in the Preoperative Evaluation of Gliomas
Fifty-eight patients with pathologically confirmed gliomas underwent preoperative 3D pseudocontinuous arterial spin-labeling and ROC curves were generated for parameters to distinguish high-grade from low-grade gliomas. Both maximum CBF and maximum relative CBF were significantly higher in high-grade than in low-grade gliomas. After adjustment for age, a higher maximum CBF and higher maximum relative CBF were associated with worse progression-free survival.
- Multinodular and Vacuolating Neuronal Tumor of the Cerebrum: A New “Leave Me Alone” Lesion with a Characteristic Imaging Pattern
The most recent 2016 WHO classification includes MVNT as a unique cytoarchitectural pattern of gangliocytoma, though it remains unclear whether MVNT is a true neoplastic process or a dysplastic hamartomatous/malformative lesion. The authors report 33 cases of presumed multinodular and vacuolating neuronal tumor of the cerebrum that exhibit a remarkably similar pattern of imaging findings consisting of a subcortical cluster of nodular lesions. They conclude that these are benign, nonaggressive lesions that do not require biopsy in asymptomatic patients and behave more like a malformative process than a true neoplasm.
- Improved Detection of Anterior Circulation Occlusions: The “Delayed Vessel Sign” on Multiphase CT Angiography
The authors evaluated 23 distal anterior circulation occlusions during a 2-year period. Ten M1-segment occlusions and 10 cases without a vessel occlusion were also included. There was significant improvement in the sensitivity of detection of distal anterior circulation vessel occlusions, overall confidence, and time taken to interpret with multiphase CTA compared with single-phase CTA. The delayed vessel sign is a reliable indicator of anterior circulation vessel occlusion, particularly in cases involving distal branches.
- Concordance of Time-of-Flight MRA and Digital Subtraction Angiography in Adult Primary Central Nervous System Vasculitis
The authors compared the diagnostic concordance of vessel imaging using 3D-TOF-MRA and DSA in 85 patients with primary central nervous system vasculitis. Among the 25 patients with abnormal DSA findings, 24 demonstrated abnormal 3D-TOF-MRA findings, whereas all 6 remaining patients with normal DSA findings had normal 3D-TOF-MRA findings. They conclude that 3D-TOF-MRA shows a high concordance with DSA in diagnostic performance when analyzing vasculature in patients with primary central nervous system vasculitis and that with negative 3T 3D-TOF-MRA findings, the added diagnostic value of DSA is limited.
- Multicenter Experience with FRED Jr Flow Re-Direction Endoluminal Device for Intracranial Aneurysms in Small Arteries
The authors assessed the clinical safety and efficacy of the Flow Re-Direction Endoluminal Device Jr (FRED Jr) dedicated to small-vessel diameters between 2.0 and 3.0 mm in 42 patients with 47 aneurysms. The primary efficacy end point of complete or near complete occlusion was reached at 1 month in 27/41 (66%), at 6 months in 21/27 (78%), and at 12 months in 11/11 (100%) aneurysms.
- Localizing the L5 Vertebra Using Nerve Morphology on MRI: An Accurate and Reliable Technique
The authors sought to determine whether the L5 vertebra could be accurately localized by using nerve morphology on MR imaging. A sample of 108 cases with full spine MR imaging were numbered from the C2 vertebral body to the sacrum. The reference standard of numbering by full spine imaging was compared with the nerve morphology numbering method with 5 blinded raters. The percentage of perfect agreement with the reference standard was 98.1%, which was preserved in transitional and numeric variation states. The iliolumbar ligament localization method showed 83.3% perfect agreement with the reference standard.
