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Supratentorial Meningioma Consistency Prediction Utilizing Tumor to Cerebellar Peduncle Intensity on T1 and T2-Weighted and Fluid Attenuated Inversion Recovery Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sequences Publisher Pubmed



Rabiee S1 ; Kankam SB1, 3, 4 ; Shafizadeh M1, 4 ; Ahmadi M1 ; Khoshnevisan A1, 4 ; Hashemi A2
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  1. 1. Department of Neurosurgery, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Radiology, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. International Neurosurgery Group (ING), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran

Source: World Neurosurgery Published:2023


Abstract

Objective: Predicting meningioma consistency with preoperative imaging is critical for surgery planning. Preoperative T1 and T2-weighted and fluid attenuated inversion recovery magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of supratentorial meningioma tumors were studied and compared with intraoperative supratentorial meningioma tumor consistency based on the Cavitron ultrasound surgical aspirator (CUSA) and ZADA grading scales in this cohort to predict the tumor consistency before surgery. Methods: MRI from 78 consecutive patients who underwent supratentorial meningioma tumor resection between 2018 and 2021 were evaluated preoperatively. An intraoperative tumor consistency grade was applied to these lesions prospectively by the operating surgeon based on CUSA and ZADA grading scales. Tumor/cerebellar peduncle T2-weighted intensity, tumor/cerebellar peduncle T1-weighted intensity (TCT1I), and tumor/cerebellar peduncle fluid attenuated inversion recovery intensity (TCFI) ratios were calculated. Tumor consistency grades and MRI intensity ratios were correlated using one-way ANOVA. Results: Of the 78 patients, 52 (66.7%) were female and 26 (33.3%) were male. Tumor volume correlated with tumor consistency grades on both CUSA (P = 0.005) and ZADA (P = 0.024) grading scales. Also patients age correlated with tumor consistency according to ZADA grading scale (P = 0.024). TCT1I (P = 0.009) and TCFI (P < 0.005) ratios correlated significantly with tumor consistency grade according to CUSA. Similarly, TCT1I (P = 0.0032) and TCFI (P = 0.001) ratios was significantly associated with tumor consistency according to ZADA grading scales. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that higher tumor/cerebellar peduncle T2-weighted intensity and TCFI ratios correlate with softer tumors, while higher TCT1I ratios reveal firmer tumors. These data can assist the surgeon predict the supratentorial meningioma consistency before surgery. © 2022 Elsevier Inc.