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  • Title: Extracranial and extraspinal nerve sheath tumors: computed tomographic evaluation.
    Author: Chui MC, Bird BL, Rogers J.
    Journal: Neuroradiology; 1988; 30(1):47-53. PubMed ID: 3128744.
    Abstract:
    Thirty-five patients with 37 peripheral nerve sheath tumors (NST) (16 schwannomas, 11 neurofibromas, 5 plexiform and 1 diffuse neurofibroma, and 4 malignant NST) were studied respectively. The benign NST usually appeared on CT as well-defined oval, spherical or fusiform masses, centered at the expected anatomic location of a cranial, spinal, autonomic or peripheral nerve with characteristic displacement of adjacent muscles and blood vessels. None of the schwannomas appeared homogeneously hypodense on IV enhanced CT, whereas close to half of neurofibromas and plexiform neurofibromas were so. This fact, which had not been reported in the past, may be related to differences in inherent vascularity and blood-nerve barrier (fenestrated blood vessels) between schwannomas and neurofibromas and may be a useful distinguishing CT feature. The most reliable, though not infallible criterion of malignant NST was poor definition of their margins. Ninety-two per cent of NST (34 out of 37) were diagnosed or included in a limited differential pre-operatively.
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