Novel Characteristic Skull Magnetic Resonance Imaging Features Associated With Meningioma

Meningioma-related skull magnetic resonance imaging findings other than hyperostosis are not widely recognized. We evaluated the novel findings of the skull adjacent to meningiomas.

Records from patients with meningiomas located adjacent to the skull on magnetic resonance imaging (n = 32) were included. Three skull findings (intramedullary prominent vessel, intramedullary enhancement, intramedullary T2-hyperintensity) and the widely known hyperostosis were retrospectively visually assessed. The frequency of these 3 findings and the relevance to each other, and their relationships with hyperostosis, size, length adjacent to the skull, and relative signal intensity of the meningioma were examined.

The incidence of the three findings was 46.88%, 53.13%, and 62.5%, respectively, and that of hyperostosis was 46.88%. Each association involving the findings was strong, and they were significantly related to the size and length.

Intramedullary prominent vessel, intramedullary enhancement, and intramedullary T2-hyperintensity may be novel characteristic skull findings associated with meningioma.