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Microscopic Cyst Resection for the Treatment of Patients Diagnosed with Epididymal Cyst
Published on: March 31, 2023
Mixed Signal Intensity on Preoperative T1 MRI Might be Associated with Delayed Postoperative Hemorrhage in Patients
Xueyun Deng1, Jiuhong Li2, Daibo Ke2
1Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China; Department of Neurosurgery, Nanchong Central Hospital, The Second Clinical Medical College of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, China.
Objective:
Delayed postoperative hemorrhage (DPOH) was a severe postoperative complication after intracranial epidermoid cyst (EC) surgery. This study was designed to investigate possible clinical data and image features related to DPOH in patients with EC.
Methods:
We retrospectively investigated 186 cases of EC, and 8 cases presented an appearance of DPOH. Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and clinical data (age, sex, chief surgeon, tumor size, tumor location, and degree of resection) were reviewed and analyzed. The Student t test and the χ2 test were used, and statistical significance was defined as P < 0.05.
Results:
A total of 8 patients suffered from DPOH. Seven patients (87.5%) with DPOH showed atypical mixed signal intensity on preoperative T1 MRI compared with typical low intensity in another DPOH case. Only 1 case of mixed signal intensity on T1 MRI was found in 178 patients without DPOH. The mixed signal intensity on preoperative T1 MRI was highly related to DPOH and mortality (both P < 0.001). There was no significant difference in other relative clinical data between patients with or without DPOH.
Conclusions:
Mixed signal intensity on preoperative T1 MRI might be associated with DPOH in patients with EC. The surgeon should pay more attention to this rarely atypical imaging before surgery. Further observations are necessary to illustrate the relationship between mixed signal intensity and DPOH in EC and to guide reasonable therapy.
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