ArticleNeuroradiology2011
Magnetic resonance imaging spectrum of medulloblastoma.
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- Application of radiomics for diagnosis, subtyping, and prognostication of medulloblastomas: a systematic review.Neurosurgical review · 2024Pooled it
- The Neuroradiological Spectra of Adult and Pediatric Medulloblastoma Differ : Results from a Literature-based Meta-analysis.Clinical neuroradiology · 2018Pooled it
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- Human-Level Differentiation of Medulloblastoma from Pilocytic Astrocytoma: A Real-World Multicenter Pilot Study.Cancers · 2024Article
- Newly Recognized Genetic Tumor Syndromes of the CNS in the 5th WHO Classification: Imaging Overview with Genetic Updates.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2024Review
- Medulloblastomas, CNS embryonal tumors, and cerebellar mutism syndrome: advances in care and future directions.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2023Review
- Slow-growing WNT medulloblastoma with atypical magnetic resonance imaging findings: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2023Article
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- Diffusion Weighted Imaging in Neuro-Oncology: Diagnosis, Post-Treatment Changes, and Advanced Sequences-An Updated Review.Cancers · 2023Review
- The role of apparent diffusion coefficient histogram metrics for differentiating pediatric medulloblastoma histological variants and molecular groups.Pediatric radiology · 2022Article
- 2021 WHO classification of tumours of the central nervous system: a review for the neuroradiologist.Neuroradiology · 2022Review
- Radiomics signature for the prediction of progression-free survival and radiotherapeutic benefits in pediatric medulloblastoma.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2022Article
- Multidisciplinary Management of Medulloblastoma: Consensus, Challenges, and Controversies.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2022Article
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Contemporary Management of Medulloblastoma: Current and Emerging Applications.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2022Review
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- MEMRI-based imaging pipeline for guiding preclinical studies in mouse models of sporadic medulloblastoma.Magnetic resonance in medicine · 2020Article
- MRI features as a helpful tool to predict the molecular subgroups of medulloblastoma: state of the art.Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders · 2018Review
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
introductionTwo medulloblastoma variants were recently added to the WHO classification of CNS tumours. We retrospectively analysed the imaging findings of 37 classic and 27 cases of variant medulloblastomas to identify imaging characteristics that might suggest a particular MB subtype.
methodsSixty-four patients from three institutions were included. Location, tumour margins, signal intensities on conventional MRI, enhancement pattern, the presence of haemorrhage, calcifications and hydrocephalus were recorded and analysed. Signal characteristics on diffusion-weighted MR images and MR spectra were evaluated when available.
resultsThirty-seven classic type of MB (CMB), twelve cases of desmoplastic/nodular medulloblastoma (DMB), nine medulloblastomas with extensive nodularity (MB-EN), five cases of anaplastic and one of large-cell medulloblastoma were included. Fifty of 64 tumours were located in the 4th ventricle region. On T2WI, CMB were all hyperintense, whereas DMB and MB-EN showed isointensity in up to 66%. One third of the classic MB showed only subtle marginal or linear enhancement. All medulloblastoma variants showed marked enhancement.
conclusionThe results of our study suggest: (a) an age-dependent distribution of MB variants, with DMB and MB-EN more common in younger children; (b) a female predominance in DMB; (c) a more common off-midline location in DMB (50%) and MB-EN (33%) variants.
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