Accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging diagnosis and grading of gliomas

Authors

  • Dhanwantari Shukla Department of Neurosurgey, The Neuro City Hospital, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Abhijeet R. Chandankhede Department of Neurosurgey, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
  • Prafulla K. Sahoo Department of Neurosurgey, Apollo Hospitals, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20221150

Keywords:

Pre-operative MRI, Gliomas, Histopathological correlation, Sensitivity, Specificity, Diagnostic accuracy, Prediction

Abstract

Background: Low- and high-grade gliomas differ in clinical presentation, natural history, treatment outcome, prognosis, survival pattern, histopathological, immunohistochemical and biomolecular profiles. Accurate pre-operative prediction of histopathological grade of gliomas remains challenging, and is critical for making optimum management plan and prognosticating the disease beforehand to determine the most cost-effective therapeutic choice with the best patient outcome. This prospective observational study on 54 patients aims to determine accuracy of pre-operative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in diagnosing and grading gliomas.

Methods: Pre-operative grading of MRI-suspected gliomas was done by assigning scores of 0-2 to 9 criteria – midline crossing, perilesional edema, signal heterogeneity, intra-tumoral hemorrhage, tumor border definition, cystic/necrotic changes, mass effect, contrast enhancement and diffusion restriction. Total scores of 0-5, 6-9 and 10-18 were considered radiologically low, intermediate and high grades respectively and correlation with World Health Organization (WHO) grades I+II, III and IV respectively was determined.

Results: MRI diagnosed 85.18% gliomas correctly. Pre-operative MR grading was 76-89% sensitive and 86-96% specific in predicting the histopathological grade of the gliomas. Signal heterogeneity and contrast enhancement had the highest whereas midline crossing and mass effect had the lowest correlation with histopathological grade.

Conclusions: Pre-operative MRI is highly specific and somewhat less sensitive tool for grading gliomas pre-operatively. The diagnostic yield is higher for LGGs and GBMs, compared to anaplastic gliomas, probably due to their mixed or intermediate features.

 

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2022-04-26

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