Perfusion MR imaging of an intracranial collision tumor confirmed by image-guided biopsy

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2006 Jan;27(1):94-7.

Abstract

We present a patient with a new intracranial mass lesion that was initially interpreted as a metastasis on conventional anatomic MR imaging. On dynamic, contrast-enhanced, susceptibility-weighted perfusion MR imaging, however, there were regional hemodynamic differences within the lesion. Image-guided open biopsy targeting these regions uncovered a collision tumor between a typical meningioma and a metastatic breast carcinoma. In cases where conventional anatomic MR imaging is ambiguous, physiology-based neuroimaging methods provide complementary physiologic information useful for discriminating between histologically unique tissue types.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy*
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Brain Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Contrast Media
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Meningioma / diagnosis*
  • Meningioma / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / diagnosis*

Substances

  • Contrast Media