Tracing the dural tail with image-guided surgery

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 357-358

  Keskil, Semih ^a,c   Bademci, G ^b   Goksel, M ^a  

^a Bayindir Medical Center   (Turkey)

^b KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Bayindir Medical Center Kavaklidere ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dural tail; Neuronavigation; Recurrence; Tumour

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MENINGIOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

DURA MATER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEURONAVIGATION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 33947140606     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-961819     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Wilms G, Lammens M, Marchal G, Van Calenbergh F, Plets C, Van Fraeyenhaven L, Baert AL. Thickening of dura surrounding meningiomas: MR features. J Comput Assist Tomogr 1989; 13: 763-768
2. Wallace EW. The durai tail sign. Radiology 2004; 233: 56-57
3. Goldsher D, Litt AW, Pinto RS, Bannon KR, Kricheff II. Dural tail associated with meningiomas on Gd-DTPA-enhanced MR images: characteristics, differential diagnostic value, and possible implications for treatment. Radiology 1990; 176: 447-450
4. Aoki S, Sasaki Y, Machida T, Tanioka H. Contrast-enhanced MR images in patients with meningioma: importance of enhancement of the dura adjacent to the tumour. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1990; 11: 935-938
5. Whittle IR, Smith C, Navoo P, Collie D. Meningiomas. The Lancet 2004; 363: 1535-1543
6. Gupta S, Gupta RK, Banerjee P, Gujral RB. Problems with the dural tail. Neuroradiology 1993; 35: 541-542
7. Lunardi P, Mastronardi L, Nardacci B, Acqui M, Fortuna A. Dural tail adjacent to acoustic neuroma on MRI: a case report. Neuroradiology 1993; 35: 270-271
8. Senegor M. Prominent meningeal tail sign in a patient with a metastatic tumour. Neurosurgery 1991; 29: 294-296
9. Bourekas EC, Wildenhain P, Lewin JS, Tarr RW, Dastur KJ, Raji MR, Lanzieri CF. The durai tail sign revisited. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1995; 16: 1514-1516
10. Nagele T, Peterson D, Klose U, Grodd W, Opitz H, Voigt K. The dural tail adjacent to meningiomas studied by dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI: a comparison with histopathology. Neuroradiology 1994; 36: 303-307
11. Kawahara Y, Niiro M, Yokohama S, Kuratsu J. Dural congestion accompanying meningioma invasion into vessels: the durai tail sign. Neuroradiology 2001; 43: 462-465
12. Tokumaru A, O'uchi T, Eguchi T, Kawamoto S, Kokubo T, Suzuki M, Kameda T. Prominent meningeal enhancement adjacent to meningioma on Gd-DTPA-enhanced MR images: histopathologic correlation. Radiology 1990; 175: 431-433
13. Simpson D. The recurrence of intracranial meningiomas after surgical treatment. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiat 1957; 20: 22-39 (Cited in reference [5])
14. Mirimanoff RO, Dosoretz DE, Linggood RM, Ojemann RG, Martuza RL. Meningioma: analysis of recurrence and progression following neurosurgical resection. J Neurosurg 1985; 62: 18-24
15. Nakau H, Miyazawa T, Tamai S, Tsuchiya K, Shima K, Shirotani T, Chigasaki H. Pathologic significance of meningeal enhancement (flare sign) of meningiomas on MRI. Surg Neurol 1997; 48: 584-591
16. DiBiase SJ, Kwok Y, Yovino S, Arena C, Naqvi S, Temple S, Regine WF, Amin P, Guo C, Chin LS. Factors predicting local tumour control after gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery for benign intracranial meningiomas. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2004; 60: 1515-1519
17. Borowich B, Doron Y. Recurrence of intracranial meningiomas: the role played by regional multicentricity. J Neurosurg 1986; 64: 58-63