Abstract:
:OBJECTIVE Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) parameters are able to differentiate between meningioma subtypes. The hypothesis that there is a correlation between DTI parameters and the change in tumor size after Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) was analyzed. METHODS DTI parameters were measured using MRI before GKRS in 26 patients with meningiomas. The findings were correlated with the change in tumor size after treatment as measured at the last follow-up (range 12.5-45 months). RESULTS Only those meningiomas that showed the highest fractional anisotropy (FA), the lowest spherical index of the tensor ellipsoid (Cs), and the lowest radial diffusivity (RD) either increased or remained stable in terms of volume, whereas all other meningiomas decreased in volume. The correlation between the DTI parameters (correlation values of -0.81 for FA, 0.75 for Cs, 0.66 for RD, and 0.66 for mean diffusivity) and the rate of volume change per month was significant (p ≤ 0.001). Other factors, including original tumor size, prescription dose, and patient age, did not correlate significantly. CONCLUSIONS Meningiomas that show high FA values-as well as low Cs, low RD, and low mean diffusivity values-do not respond as well to GKRS in comparison with meningiomas with low FA values. This finding might be due to their higher content level of fibrous tissue. In particular, the meningioma with the highest FA value (0.444) considerably increased in volume (by 32.3% after 37 months), whereas the meningioma with the lowest FA value (0.151) showed the highest rate of reduction (3.3% per month) in this study.
journal_name
J Neurosurgjournal_title
Journal of neurosurgeryauthors
Speckter H,Bido J,Hernandez G,Mejía DR,Suazo L,Valenzuela S,Perez-Then E,Stoeter Pdoi
10.3171/2016.7.GKS161455subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-12-01 00:00:00pages
83-88issue
Suppl 1eissn
0022-3085issn
1933-0693journal_volume
125pub_type
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