Is Contrast Medium Really Needed for Follow-up MRI of Untreated Intracranial Meningiomas?

Boto, Jose Manuel; Guatta, Ramona; Fitsiori, Aikaterini; Hofmeister, Jérémy; Meling, Torstein; Vargas Gomez, Maria Isabel

doi:10.3174/ajnr.A7170

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Is Contrast Medium Really Needed for Follow-up MRI of Untreated Intracranial Meningiomas?

ContributorsBoto, Jose Manuel; Guatta, Ramona; Fitsiori, Aikaterini; Hofmeister, Jérémy

; Meling, Torstein; Vargas Gomez, Maria Isabel

Published inAmerican Journal of Neuroradiology, vol. 42, no. 8, p. 1421-1428

Publication date2021

Abstract

Recent concerns relating to tissue deposition of gadolinium are favoring the use of noncontrast MR imaging whenever possible. The purpose of this study was to assess the necessity of gadolinium contrast for follow-up MR imaging of untreated intracranial meningiomas.

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Meningiomas
Gadolinium
MRI

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BOTO, Jose Manuel et al. Is Contrast Medium Really Needed for Follow-up MRI of Untreated Intracranial Meningiomas? In: American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2021, vol. 42, n° 8, p. 1421–1428. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A7170

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PID : unige:155836
DOI : 10.3174/ajnr.A7170
PMID : 34117017

Journal ISSN0195-6108

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Is Contrast Medium Really Needed for Follow-up MRI of Untreated Intracranial Meningiomas?

Recent concerns relating to tissue deposition of gadolinium are favoring the use of noncontrast MR imaging whenever possible. The purpose of this study was to assess the necessity of gadolinium contrast for follow-up MR imaging of untreated intracranial meningiomas.

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