Article: PDF OnlyDysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumors MR FindingsKuroiwa, Toshiro; Kishikawa, Takashi; Kato, Akira; Ueno, Masako; Kudo, Sho; Tabuchi, Kazuo Author Information Departments of Radiology (T. Kuroiwa, T. Kishikawa, A. Kato, M. Ueno, and S. Kudo) and Neurosurgery (K. Tabuchi), Saga Medical School, Saga, Japan. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography: May 1994 - Volume 18 - Issue 3 - p 352-356 Buy Abstract Objective We report MR findings in three patients with dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNT), which is a recently described benign tumor in childhood or young adolescents. Materials and Methods The MR studies of three patients with surgically proven DNT were reviewed. All cases presented with partial complex seizures. Axial and coronal T1− and T2-weighted MR imaging of the head was performed using a 1.5 T MR unit. T1-weighted imaging after Gd-DTPA was also performed. Results The tumors were located mainly in the cortical to subcortical area with very little perifocal mass effects on MR imaging. They were essentially hypointense on T1-weighted imaging and hyperintense well-demarcated mass on T2-weighted imaging and retained a thick gyrus-like configuration within the lesions. None of them exhibited contrast enhancement after administration of Gd-DTPA. Conclusion Differentiation of DNT from gangliogliomas or other low grade gliomas is possible using these MR features and is important because DNT does not recur after epilepsy surgery, therefore postoperative radiation and chemotherapy are not needed. © Lippincott-Raven Publishers.
