Differential diagnosis of intracranial solitary fibrous tumor and high-grade meningioma based on CT and MRI features.

ABSTRACT: BackgroundISFT and HGM exhibit similar imaging characteristics, but their distinct behaviors and treatments necessitate accurate preoperative imaging for optimal management.PurposeTo evaluate conventional CT and MRI in differentiating ISFT from HGM.MethodsRetrospective analysis of clinical data, CT, and MRI images from 31 ISFT and 50 HGM patients confirmed by pathology. Various imaging features were examined, including tumor size, shape (lobulated or round), base width (narrow or broad), presence of cystic necrosis, calcification, signal intensity on T1- and T2-weighted MRI, intravascular flowing-void signs, peritumoral edema, CT attenuation values on non-enhanced and enhanced scans, and adjacent bone destruction. Chi-square tests, t-tests, ROC curves, and multivariate logistic regression

SUBMITTER: Pu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12103465 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature