Table 1.
Subject and lesion characteristics.
| Subject | Diagnosis | Lesion diagnosis | Lesion location | Lesion size (cm) | T1w signal | STIR signal | Average ADC (×10−3 mm2/sec) |
Contrast-enhancement pattern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | NF-2 | PNST | Chest | 2.2 | Hypointense | Hyperintense | 1.5 ± 0.15 | Homogeneous |
| PNST | Abdomen | 6.9 | Hypointense | Hyperintense | 1.2 ± 0.17 | Homogeneous | ||
| (2) | NF-2 | PNST | Pelvis | 1.2 | Hypointense | Hyperintense | 1.9 ± 0.13 | Homogeneous |
| PNST | Pelvis | 1.0 | Hypointense | Hyperintense | 2.2 ± 0.0 | Homogeneous | ||
| (3) | NF-2 | PNST | Pelvis | 8.1 | Hypointense | Hyperintense | 1.4 ± 0.15 | Homogeneous |
| (4) | NF-2 | Cyst | Paraspinal/L-spine | 2.2 | Hypointense | Hyperintense | 2.6 ± 0.16 | None |
| Cyst | Paraspinal/L-spine | 1.5 | Hypointense | Hyperintense | 2.6 ± 0.16 | None | ||
| PNST | T-spine | 2.6 | Isointense | Hyperintense | 0.8 ± 0.21 | Homogeneous | ||
| PNST | Thigh | 2.6 | Isointense | Hyperintense | 2.2 ± 0.18 | Homogeneous | ||
| (5) | NF-2 | PNST | Chest | 2.2 | Hypointense | Hyperintense | 1.4 ± 0.18 | Homogeneous |
| PNST | Chest | 2.8 | Hypointense | Hyperintense | 1.2 ± 0.09 | Homogeneous | ||
| (6) | NF-2 | PNST | Chest | 10.2 | Hypointense | Hyperintense | 1.4 ± 0.12 | Homogeneous |
| PNST | Abdomen | 6.4 | Hypointense | Hyperintense | 1.7 ± 0.22 | Homogeneous | ||
| PNST | Arm | 3.5 | Hypointense | Hyperintense | 1.8 ± 0.21 | Homogeneous | ||
| PNST | Thigh | 4.2 | Hypointense | Hyperintense | 1.5 ± 0.15 | Homogeneous | ||
| (7) | SWN | PNST | Chest | 8.2 | Isointense | Hyperintense | 2.7 ± 0.20 | Markedly heterogeneous |
| PNST | Chest | 4.5 | Isointense | Hyperintense | 2.7 ± 0.40 | Moderately heterogeneous | ||
| PNST | Chest | 3.3 | Isointense | Hyperintense | 2.2 ± 0.28 | Homogeneous | ||
| PNST | Abdomen | 8.2 | Hypointense | Hyperintense | 1.9 ± 0.55 | Moderately heterogeneous | ||
| PNST | Abdomen | 8.6 | Hypointense | Hyperintense | 2.5 ± 0.69 | Moderately heterogeneous | ||
| PNST | Pelvis | 5.3 | Hypointense | Hyperintense | 1.9 ± 0.17 | Moderately heterogeneous | ||
| PNST | Thigh | 8.1 | Hypointense | Hyperintense | 1.8 ± 0.30 | Moderately heterogeneous | ||
| PNST | Thigh | 6.5 | Hypointense | Hyperintense | 2.3 ± 0.37 | Moderately heterogeneous | ||
| (8) | NF-2 | No lesions | ||||||
| (9) | NF-2 | No lesions | ||||||
| (10) | NF-2 | No Lesions |
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| (11) | NF-2 | No lesions |
T1w: T1-weighted imaging; STIR: short tau inversion recovery.