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NEURORADIOLOGY JOURNAL
Volume 33, Issue 2, Pages 169-173Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1971400919896253
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Vestibular schwannoma; peritumoral edema; cerebellopontine angle; neuroimaging; classification
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Background Peritumoral edema (PTE) is rarely present in patients with vestibular schwannomas (VS). We studied the correlation between radiological tumor characteristics and the presence of edema, describe its magnetic resonance imaging features and classify the different edema patterns. Methods We analysed 605 consecutive patients treated for VS at our Institute. PTE was found in 30 patients, studied on fluid attenuated inversion recovery sequences and categorised as involving the brachium pontis, cerebellum and/or brainstem. Tumor volume, shape, surface, internal structure and axis of growth were evaluated and compared to a matched series of 30 patients without PTE. Results In our population of patients, 5% showed PTE. Edema involved the brachium pontis in 22 cases (88%), cerebellum in 15 (60%) and brainstem in 3 (12%). PTE was classified as mild (one region involved), moderate (two regions) and severe (three regions). Edema was present not only perpendicular to the major tumor growth axis but also parallel to it (91%). The difference between the two groups in regards to tumor shape and surface was not significant. We found no correlation between tumor and edema volumes. Conclusions VS can cause PTE, but its incidence is less frequent than in skull base meningiomas. PTE involves most frequently the brachium pontis, followed by the cerebellum and brainstem. Its occurrence correlates with tumor size but not with other radiological VS features. PTE is not always located perpendicular to the major axis of tumor growth, which indicated that the compressive theory proposed for meningiomas is not plausible explanation for its manifestation.
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