Abstract
PurposeAtypical and malignant meningiomas are considered to have a higher rate of recurrence and show aggressive behavior compared to benign variety. The purpose of our study was to study the role of diffusion weighted imaging and determination of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values and ADC ratios to differentiate typical meningiomas from atypical/malignant variety at 1.5 and 3T MRI. Materials and methodsA total of 94 adult patients (48 patients at 3T and 46 patients at 1.5T) with pathologically proven meningiomas were retrospectively evaluated on conventional and diffusion weighted MRI. The signal intensity of the lesions on DW imaging was evaluated. ADC values and ADC ratios were calculated from lesion and contralateral normal white matter. Results94 lesions comprising of 66 benign and 28 atypical meningiomas were evaluated. The mean ADC values at 3T MRI were 0.82±0.12×10−3 in benign (typical) meningiomas and 0.68±0.10×10−3 in atypical meningiomas. At 1.5T, the mean ADC values of benign meningiomas were 0.83±0.11×10−3 and 0.70±0.09×10−3 in atypical meningiomas. The mean ADC ratios were 1.08±0.17 and 0.85±0.15 for benign and atypical meningiomas respectively. There was a statistically significant difference between the mean ADC ratios and the mean ADC values of typical and atypical meningiomas (P<0.001) at both 1.5T and 3T MRI. ConclusionDWI with calculation of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values and ADC ratios has a potential role in differentiating benign from atypical meningiomas at both 1.5 and 3T MRI. The differences in mean ADC values between benign and atypical meningiomas were similar at both 1.5 and 3T MRI.
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