Use of magnetic resonance elastography to gauge meningioma intratumoral consistency and histotype.
Neuroimage Clin
; 36: 103173, 2022.
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| ID: mdl-36081257
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To determine whether tumor shear stiffness, as measured by magnetic resonance elastography, corresponds with intratumoral consistency and histotype. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
A total of 88 patients with 89 meningiomas (grade 1, 74 typical [13 fibroblastic, 61 non-fibroblastic]; grade 2, 12 atypical; grade 3, 3 anaplastic) were prospectively studied, each undergoing preoperative MRE in conjunction with T1-, T2- and diffusion-weighted imaging. Contrast-enhanced T1-weighted sequences were also obtained. Tumor consistency was evaluated as heterogeneous or homogenous, and graded on a 5-point scale intraoperatively. MRE-determined shear stiffness was associated with tumor consistency by surgeon's evaluation and whole-slide histologic analyses.RESULTS:
Mean tumor stiffness overall was 3.81+/-1.74 kPa (range, 1.57-12.60 kPa), correlating well with intraoperative scoring (r = 0.748; p = 0.001). MRE performed well as a gauge of tumor consistency (AUC = 0.879, 95 % CI 0.792-0.938) and heterogeneity (AUC = 0.773, 95 % CI 0.618-0.813), significantly surpassing conventional MR techniques (DeLong test, all p < 0.001 after Bonferroni adjustment). Shear stiffness was independently correlated with both fibrous content (partial correlation coefficient = 0.752; p < 0.001) and tumor cellularity (partial correlation coefficient = 0.547; p < 0.001). MRE outperformed other imaging techniques in distinguishing fibroblastic meningiomas from other histotypes (AUC = 0.835 vs 0.513 â¼ 0.634; all p < 0.05), but showed limited ability to differentiate atypical or anaplastic meningiomas from typical meningiomas (AUC = 0.723 vs 0.616 â¼ 0.775; all p > 0.05). Small (<2.5 cm, n = 6) and intraventricular (n = 2) tumors displayed inconsistencies between MRE and surgeon's evaluation.CONCLUSIONS:
The results of this prospective study provide substantial evidence that preoperative evaluation of meningiomas with MRE can reliably characterize tumor stiffness and spatial heterogeneity to aid neurosurgical planning.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Elasticity Imaging Techniques
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Meningeal Neoplasms
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Meningioma
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Neuroimage Clin
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article