Tatsuya Yamamoto1,
Hiroaki Takeuchi2, Yasuhiro Fujiwara3, Hirohiko Kimura1
1Department
of Radiology, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan; 2Department of
neurosurgery, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan; 3Division of
Radiography, University of Fukui Hospital, Fukui, Japan
No reports have focused on the evaluation of tumor blood flow (TBF) at the skull base. However, we demonstrated a significant difference in TBF between a skull base meningioma and schwannoma. The significant correlation between %TBF and the tumor vessel luminal area (p < 0.01, rs = 0.83) suggests that precise evaluation of the tumor perfusion state could be accomplished using pulsed-continuous arterial spin labeling. Thus, differential diagnosis of a skull base tumor may be possible to some extent even without the use of contrast material.