Cyst with a mural nodule tumor of the brain

Cancer Imaging. 2012 Aug 10;12(1):237-44. doi: 10.1102/1470-7330.2012.0028.

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to illustrate the imaging findings of lesions that present as cyst with a mural nodule tumor (CMNT). CMNT is a subtype pattern of intra-axial enhancement in central nervous system tumors, typical of a variety of brain neoplasms, including, as the most common, hemangioblastoma, pilocytic astrocytoma, ganglioglioma and pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma and as less common tanycytic ependymoma, intraparenchymal schwannoma, desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma and cystic metastasis. A retrospective design was chosen given the rarity of CMNT. Relevant cases were obtained retrospectively to review the different lesions that can present with the appearance of CMNT.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Astrocytoma / pathology
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cysts / diagnosis
  • Cysts / pathology*
  • Female
  • Hemangioblastoma / pathology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies