Volume : VIII, Issue : VII, July - 2018

Evaluation of Meningiomas by Computed Tomography

Dr Dhananjay D Ghodke, Dr Saurabh S Patil

Abstract :

 Introduction: Intracranial neoplasm are a heterogenous group of disorders all of which present as an intracranial space occupying lesion. Meningioma is one of the common intracranial neoplasm. The clinical manifestations of which are vague. Diagnosis of them is largely dependant on imaging modalities and in this, one of the pioneer technology was computerized tomography (CT) which for the first time actually demonstrated the intracranial mass lesion. With advent of Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), CT scan has largely been replaced but even today there are many indications and findings for use of CT scan in a suspected meningioma. In this article we tried to evaluate the utility of CT scan in identification of meningiomas.

Aims: To study the role of Computed Tomography in evaluation of meningiomas with histopathologicalconfirmation.

Study design: Prospective observational study. Images and reports of 40 patients of intracranial tumours who underwent CT scan and were diagnosed as meningioma on imaging in period of 2 years.  Confirmationwas obtainedin form of histopathological reports.

Results:Out of the 40 patients 36 were diagnosed as meningioma on histopathology. Thirty cases were supratentorialand 10 infratentorial. Precontrast they were hypodense in 5, isodense in 10 and hyperdense in 25. Enhancement was homogenous in 35 and heterogenous in 5. Edema was seen in 27 cases while 6 cases had miscellaneous findings.

Conclusion: Contrast enhanced CT scan has high predictive value for diagnosis of meningioma.

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijar  

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Dr Dhananjay D Ghodke, Dr Saurabh S Patil, Evaluation of Meningiomas by Computed Tomography, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-7 | July-2018

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