Beier, Dagmar and Kocakaya, Selin and Hau, Peter and Beier, Christoph Patrick (2018) The Neuroradiological Spectra of Adult and Pediatric Medulloblastoma Differ Results from a Literature-based Meta-analysis. CLINICAL NEURORADIOLOGY, 28 (1). pp. 99-107. ISSN 1869-1439, 1869-1447
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Current knowledge on the spectrum of the neuroradiological appearance of adult medulloblastoma is sparse. Due to the rarity of the disease, adult patients were generally diagnosed and treated similar to children; however, pediatric and adult medulloblastomas display substantial molecular differences that may influence the neuroradiological phenotype. This study therefore aimed at assessment of the neuroradiological spectrum of adult medulloblastoma in comparison to pediatric tumors. All available publications on adult medulloblastoma published until June 2013 were screened for imaging data on single patients. A total of 109 patients were identified and compared to 118 pediatric patients described in 4 cohorts. The average age of the adult patients was 34.3 years. Most adult medulloblastomas (57.6 %) were localized laterally (vs. 14.4 % in pediatric patients). On T1-weighted sequences, only 41.1 % of all adult medulloblastomas appeared hypointense (vs. 89.3 %) and 69.6 % were hyperintense on T2 sequences (vs. 83 %). In contrast to pediatric patients only 53.3 % showed strong contrast enhancement (pediatric patients 77.1 %), while the contrast uptake of the remainder was described as subtle, moderate or lacking. Contrast enhancement was more often described as inhomogeneous in adults (35.5 % as compared to 15.2 % in children) and 26.4 % had cysts. Although the neuroradiological spectrum of medulloblastoma in adults was similar to children, an atypical presentation with inhomogeneous contrast enhancement, more hyperintense signal on T1 and a more hypointense signal on T2-weighted sequences was common. Given the rarity of the tumor, awareness of these differences constitutes a prerequisite to avoid delays in diagnostics.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | CEREBELLAR MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MOLECULAR SUBGROUPS; PROGNOSTIC-FACTORS; MRI FINDINGS; CT; CHEMOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER; SURVIVAL; EMPHASIS; FEATURES; Adult; Medulloblastoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Computed tomography; Contrast enhancement |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Neurologie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Mar 2020 12:02 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Mar 2020 12:02 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/14921 |
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