title: Evaluation of MR imaging findings differentiating cavernous haemangiomas from schwannomas in the orbit.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  It is important to distinguish between orbital cavernous haemangioma and schwannoma because the treatments of choice for the two tumours are different. The aim was to evaluate MR imaging findings distinguishing the two tumours.
  
  
  METHODS
  Magnetic resonance imaging including T1- and T2-weighted imaging and contrast-enhanced MR imaging was performed in 43 patients with cavernous haemangiomas and 16 patients with schwannomas confirmed by pathology. Location, configuration, margins, signal intensity, homogeneity and enhancement pattern of the tumour were retrospectively evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a significant difference between cavernous haemangiomas and schwannomas regarding the location, configuration and margins of the mass, signal intensity and homogeneity on T1- and T2-weighted imaging, the spread pattern of contrast enhancement, the enhancement pattern and the type of time-intensity curve (P<0.05). Markedly homogeneous hyperintensity signal on T2-weighted imaging and the spread pattern of the contrast enhancement favoured cavernous haemangioma rather than schwannoma (P<0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cavernous haemangiomas and schwannomas have different MR imaging features that could be helpful in the differentiation between the tumours. The spread pattern of the contrast enhancement on dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging is the most reliable finding distinguishing cavernous haemangiomas from schwannomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Capital Medical University, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing 100730, China. cjr.xianjunfang@vip.163.com
authors.forename: Junfang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xian
authors.forename: Zhengyu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhenchang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Bentao
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Qinghua
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Qinglin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Liyan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055815:Young Adult
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