Prevalence of Unsuspected Acoustic Neuroma Found by Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Author:

Anderson Timothy D.12,Loevner Laurie A.123,Bigelow Douglas C.12,Mirza Natasha12

Affiliation:

1. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2. Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Radiology

3. Department of Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Medical Center.

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Acoustic neuromas (ANs) comprise 6% of intracranial tumors. Population and autopsy studies have widely divergent estimates of AN incidence. With widespread use of MRI, asymptomatic ANs will be identified, which should improve estimates of the prevalence of this tumor. METHODS: The reports of all brain MRI scans during a 5-year period were retrospectively searched for the diagnosis of AN. MRIs obtained because of a suspicion of AN were discarded, leaving only the unsuspected ANs. RESULTS: A total of 24,246 MRI studies were performed during this time period. Seventeen patients had unsuspected ANs. Eight tumors were smaller than 1 cm, 6 were between 1 and 2 cm, and 3 were 2 cm or larger. For all MRI scans, we found 7.0 unsuspected ANs per 10,000 brain MRI studies (0.07%). CONCLUSION: The true prevalence of AN is likely greater than the 10 per million per year previously reported. This implies that there may be a larger number of asymptomatic ANs than previously suspected.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Otorhinolaryngology,Surgery

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