title: MR findings on primitive neuroectodermal tumors.
abstract: Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) are highly cellular primitive CNS neoplasms that resemble microscopically the undifferentiated cells of the germinal matrix of the primitive neural tube. These tumors exhibit a highly malignant behavior with a tendency to disseminate along the CSF pathways. Previous descriptions of the neuroradiological findings in patients with PNET were published prior to the clinical application of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. We describe our experience with the MR evaluation of four patients with pathologically proven PNET.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Figeroa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: el Gammal
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Holgate
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed