Differentiation of Cavernous Hemangioma from Schwannoma of the Orbit: A Dynamic MRI Study
Atsuo Tanaka1,
Futoshi Mihara1,
Takashi Yoshiura1,
Osamu Togao1,
Yasuo Kuwabara1,
Yoshihiro Natori2,
Tomio Sasaki2 and
Hiroshi Honda1
1 Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu
University, Maidashi 3-1-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
2 Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu
University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.

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Fig. 1A. 49-year-old woman with cavernous hemangioma. Conventional
images show homogeneous density and signal intensity on unenhanced CT scan
(A) and T1-weighted (B) and T2-weighted (C) fast
spin-echo images.
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Fig. 2A. 71-year-old man with schwannoma. Conventional images show
homogeneous density and signal intensity on unenhanced CT scan (A) and
T1-weighted (B) and T2-weighted (C) fast spin-echo images.
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Fig. 1B. 49-year-old woman with cavernous hemangioma. Conventional
images show homogeneous density and signal intensity on unenhanced CT scan
(A) and T1-weighted (B) and T2-weighted (C) fast
spin-echo images.
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Fig. 1C. 49-year-old woman with cavernous hemangioma. Conventional
images show homogeneous density and signal intensity on unenhanced CT scan
(A) and T1-weighted (B) and T2-weighted (C) fast
spin-echo images.
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Fig. 2B. 71-year-old man with schwannoma. Conventional images show
homogeneous density and signal intensity on unenhanced CT scan (A) and
T1-weighted (B) and T2-weighted (C) fast spin-echo images.
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Fig. 2C. 71-year-old man with schwannoma. Conventional images show
homogeneous density and signal intensity on unenhanced CT scan (A) and
T1-weighted (B) and T2-weighted (C) fast spin-echo images.
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Fig. 3A. 61-year-old woman with cavernous hemangioma. Dynamic MR
images obtained at 0 and 20 sec, respectively, after administration of
gadopentetate dimeglumine show enhancement starts from one central point of
tumor.
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Fig. 3B. 61-year-old woman with cavernous hemangioma. Dynamic MR
images obtained at 0 and 20 sec, respectively, after administration of
gadopentetate dimeglumine show enhancement starts from one central point of
tumor.
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Fig. 3C. 61-year-old woman with cavernous hemangioma. Dynamic MR
images obtained at 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, and 300 sec, respectively, after
administration of gadopentetate dimeglumine show enhancement starts from one
central point of tumor.
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Fig. 3D. 61-year-old woman with cavernous hemangioma. Dynamic MR
images obtained at 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, and 300 sec, respectively, after
administration of gadopentetate dimeglumine show enhancement starts from one
central point of tumor.
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Fig. 3E. 61-year-old woman with cavernous hemangioma. Dynamic MR
images obtained at 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, and 300 sec, respectively, after
administration of gadopentetate dimeglumine show enhancement starts from one
central point of tumor.
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Fig. 3F. 61-year-old woman with cavernous hemangioma. Dynamic MR
images obtained at 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, and 300 sec, respectively, after
administration of gadopentetate dimeglumine show enhancement starts from one
central point of tumor.
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Fig. 3G. 61-year-old woman with cavernous hemangioma. Dynamic MR
images obtained at 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, and 300 sec, respectively, after
administration of gadopentetate dimeglumine show enhancement starts from one
central point of tumor.
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Fig. 3H. 61-year-old woman with cavernous hemangioma. Dynamic MR
images obtained at 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, and 300 sec, respectively, after
administration of gadopentetate dimeglumine show enhancement starts from one
central point of tumor.
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Fig. 4A. 25-year-old man with schwannoma. Dynamic MR images obtained
at 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100 sec, respectively, after administration of
gadopentetate dimeglumine show enhancement starts from marginal wide area of
tumor.
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Fig. 4B. 25-year-old man with schwannoma. Dynamic MR images obtained
at 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100 sec, respectively, after administration of
gadopentetate dimeglumine show enhancement starts from marginal wide area of
tumor.
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Fig. 4C. 25-year-old man with schwannoma. Dynamic MR images obtained
at 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100 sec, respectively, after administration of
gadopentetate dimeglumine show enhancement starts from marginal wide area of
tumor.
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Fig. 4D. 25-year-old man with schwannoma. Dynamic MR images obtained
at 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100 sec, respectively, after administration of
gadopentetate dimeglumine show enhancement starts from marginal wide area of
tumor.
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Fig. 4E. 25-year-old man with schwannoma. Dynamic MR images obtained
at 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100 sec, respectively, after administration of
gadopentetate dimeglumine show enhancement starts from marginal wide area of
tumor.
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Fig. 4F. 25-year-old man with schwannoma. Dynamic MR images obtained
at 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100 sec, respectively, after administration of
gadopentetate dimeglumine show enhancement starts from marginal wide area of
tumor.
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Fig. 4G. 25-year-old man with schwannoma. Dynamic MR images obtained
at 120 and 300 sec, respectively, after administration of gadopentetate
dimeglumine show enhancement starts from marginal wide area of tumor.
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Fig. 4H. 25-year-old man with schwannoma. Dynamic MR images obtained
at 120 and 300 sec, respectively, after administration of gadopentetate
dimeglumine show enhancement starts from marginal wide area of tumor.
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