Tietze, A;
Mankad, K;
Lequin, MH;
Ivarsson, L;
Mirsky, D;
Jaju, A;
Kool, M;
... Löbel, U; + view all
(2022)
Imaging Characteristics of CNS Neuroblastoma-FOXR2: A Retrospective and Multi-Institutional Description of 25 Cases.
American Journal of Neuroradiology
, 43
(10)
pp. 1476-1480.
10.3174/ajnr.A7644.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The 5th edition of the World Health Organization Classification of CNS tumors defines the CNS neuroblastoma FOXR2 in the group of embryonal tumors. Published clinical outcomes tend to suggest a favorable outcome after resection, craniospinal irradiation, and chemotherapy. This multicenter study aimed to describe imaging features of CNS neuroblastoma-FOXR2, which have been poorly characterized thus far. MATERIALS AND METHODS: On the basis of a previously published cohort of tumors molecularly classified as CNS neuroblastoma-FOXR2, patients with available imaging data were identified. The imaging features on preoperative MR imaging and CT data were recorded by 8 experienced pediatric neuroradiologists in consensus review meetings. RESULTS: Twenty-five patients were evaluated (13 girls; median age, 4.5 years). The tumors were often large (mean, 115 [ SD, 83] mL), showed no (24%) or limited (60%) perilesional edema, demonstrated heterogeneous enhancement, were often calcified and/or hemorrhagic (52%), were always T2WI-hyperintense to GM, and commonly had cystic and/or necrotic components (96%). The mean ADC values were low (687.8 [SD 136.3] × 10-6 mm2/s). The tumors were always supratentorial. Metastases were infrequent (20%) and, when present, were of nodular appearance and leptomeningeal. CONCLUSIONS: In our cohort, CNS neuroblastoma FOXR2 tumors showed imaging features suggesting high-grade malignancy and, at the same time, showed characteristics of less aggressive behavior. There are important differential diagnoses, but the results of this study may assist in considering this diagnosis preoperatively.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Imaging Characteristics of CNS Neuroblastoma-FOXR2: A Retrospective and Multi-Institutional Description of 25 Cases |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3174/ajnr.A7644 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7644 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10156501 |
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