PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hendrix, L E
AU  - Kneeland, J B
AU  - Haughton, V M
AU  - Daniels, D L
AU  - Szumowski, J
AU  - Williams, A L
AU  - Mark, L P
AU  - Czervionke, L F
TI  - MR imaging of optic nerve lesions: value of gadopentetate dimeglumine and fat-suppression technique.
DP  - 1990 Jul 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 749--754
VI  - 11
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/11/4/749.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/11/4/749.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.1990 Jul 01; 11
AB  - Eleven patients with known or suspected optic nerve lesions and eight normal subjects were examined with spin-echo technique at 1.5 T with unenhanced T1-weighted imaging, IV gadopentetate-dimeglumine-enhanced T1-weighted imaging, and enhanced T1-weighted imaging with fat suppression. Two pathologically proved and four presumed optic nerve meningiomas demonstrated significant enhancement and were best seen with the fat-suppression technique. None of the three presumed optic nerve gliomas nor the optic nerves of normal subjects demonstrated qualitative enhancement. We conclude that the use of a fat-suppression technique with gadopentetate dimeglumine enhancement improves delineation of enhancing optic nerve lesions. This technique should be useful for evaluating other anatomic regions where enhancing tissue marginates fat.