Intracranial ependymoma and subependymoma: MR manifestations

AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology
G P SpotoM Solomon

Abstract

In order to provide a detailed description of the MR appearance of intracranial ependymoma, the MR examinations of 12 patients (10 with ependymomas and two with subependymomas) were reviewed and correlated with operative and pathologic reports. Three of 10 ependymomas were intraventricular, two were intraparenchymal, and five were transependymal, extending from CSF spaces into parenchyma. Both subependymomas were intraventricular. Solid ependymomas and subependymomas were iso- to hypointense relative to normal white matter on T1-weighted images and hyperintense on proton-density- and T2-weighted images. Foci of signal heterogeneity within solid neoplasms represented methemoglobin, hemosiderin, necrosis, calcification, and encased native vessels or tumor vascularity. Gd-DTPA-enhanced images in two patients differentiated enhancing tumor from surrounding nonenhancing edema and from surrounding normal brain parenchyma. Cystic neoplasms had sharply defined, round or oval margins and uniform signal intensity equivalent to or slightly hyperintense relative to CSF. Tumor-associated calcification was not demonstrated readily by MR. Sagittal and coronal images were valuable in assessing the amount of intraventricular tumor and route of ...Continue Reading

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