Abstract | PURPOSE: To depict the well-known and atypical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of non-neoplastic central nervous system (CNS) complications of extra- CNS tumors and portray additional information from advanced techniques, such as diffusion and perfusion MRI. MATERIALS AND METHODS: MRI scans of 92 patients were retrospectively evaluated based on the non-neoplastic effects induced by treatment or the remote effects of the tumor itself. Patients with brain metastases and/or patients who had whole brain radiation therapy were excluded so as not to take the primary radiation effects into consideration. RESULTS: CONCLUSION: One of the major and noteworthy complications of malignancies directly affecting survival is brain metastasis, but non-neoplastic complications are infrequently encountered and are thus underestimated, either due to the absence of a true diagnosis or the lack of information pertaining to the clinical outcome. It is important for the radiologist to recognize these effects so as to help the clinician develop an optimal treatment strategy and avoid irreversible complications.
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Authors | Banu Yağmurlu, Serap Akyürek, Suat Fitoz, Ahmet Demirkazik |
Journal | Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey)
(Diagn Interv Radiol)
Vol. 14
Issue 2
Pg. 61-8
(Jun 2008)
ISSN: 1305-3612 [Electronic] Turkey |
PMID | 18553277
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Brain
(drug effects, pathology, radiation effects)
- Central Nervous System Diseases
(diagnosis, etiology)
- Central Nervous System Neoplasms
(complications, diagnosis, secondary)
- Child
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Humans
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(methods)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasms
(complications)
- Retrospective Studies
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