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ArticleQuantitative imaging in medicine and surgery2017

Usefulness of enhancement-perfusion mismatch in differentiation of CNS lymphomas from other enhancing malignant tumors of the brain.

Pradeep Goyal, Yogesh Kumar, Nishant Gupta, Ajay Malhotra, Saurabh Gupta, Sonali Gupta, Manisha Mangla, Rajiv Mangla

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Pradeep GoyalDepartment of Radiology, St. Vincent's Medical Center, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.
Yogesh KumarDepartment of Radiology, Columbia University at Bassett Healthcare, Cooperstown, New York, USA.
Nishant GuptaDepartment of Radiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Ajay MalhotraDepartment of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Saurabh GuptaDepartment of Radiology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA.
Sonali GuptaDepartment of Medicine, St. Vincent's Medical Center, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.
Manisha ManglaDepartment of Radiology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA.
Rajiv ManglaDepartment of Radiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA.

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backgroundSurgical planning and treatment options for primary or secondary central nervous system lymphomas (PCNSL or SCNSL) are different from other enhancing malignant lesions such as glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), anaplastic gliomas and metastases; so, it is critical to distinguish them preoperatively. We hypothesized that enhancement-perfusion (E-P) mismatch on dynamic susceptibility weighted magnetic resonance (DSC-MR) perfusion imaging which corresponds to low mean relative cerebral blood volume (mean rCBV) in an enhancing portion of the tumor should allow differentiation of CNS lymphomas from other enhancing malignant lesions.

methodsWe retrospectively reviewed pre-treatment MRI exams, including DSC-MR perfusion images of 15 lymphoma patients. As a control group, pre-treatment DSC-MR perfusion images of biopsy proven 18 GBMs (group II), 13 metastases (group III), and 10 anaplastic enhancing gliomas (group IV) patients were also reviewed. Region of interests (ROIs) were placed around the most enhancing part of tumor on contrast-enhanced T1WI axial images and images were transferred onto co-registered DSC perfusion maps to obtain CBV in all 4 groups. The mean and maximum relative CBV values were obtained. Statistical analysis was performed on SPSS software and significance of the results between the groups was done with Mann-Whitney test, whereas optimal thresholds for tumor differentiation were done by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis.

resultsThe enhancing component of CNS lymphomas were found to have significantly lower mean rCBV compared to enhancing component of GBM (1.2 versus 4.3; P<0.001), metastasis (1.2 versus 2.7; P<0.001), and anaplastic enhancing gliomas (1.2 versus 2.4; P<0.001). Maximum rCBV of enhancing component of lymphoma were significantly lower than GBM (3.1 versus 6.5; P<0.001) and metastasis (3.1 versus 4.9; P<0.013), and not significantly lower than anaplastic enhancing gliomas (3.9 versus 4.2; P<0.08). On the basis of ROC analysis, mean rCBV provided the best threshold [area under the curve (AUC) =0.92] and had better accuracy in differentiating malignant lesions.

conclusionsE-P mismatch in DSC perfusion MR, i.e., low mean rCBV in an enhancing portion of the tumor is strongly suggestive of lymphoma and should allow differentiation of CNS lymphoma from other enhancing malignant lesions.

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CNS lymphomadynamic susceptibility weighted magnetic resonance perfusion imaging (DSC-MR perfusion imaging)enhancement-perfusion mismatch (E-P mismatch)glioblastoma multiforme (GBM)

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PMCPMC5682400

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