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Gadolinium enhancement: improved MRI detection of retinoblastoma extension into the optic nerve

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We performed T1-, T2-, proton density-weighted, and T1-weighted gadolinium-enhanced MRI on 24 patients with retinoblastoma, using a 1.5 T superconducting unit and head and orbital surface coil imaging. All patients underwent a complete ophthalmologic examination, including B-scan ultrasonography. CT was performed on 10 of 24 patients. Pathologic correlation was obtained in 18 patients who required enucleation. Contrast-enhanced T1-weighted MRI with fat suppression was the sequence most sensitive to optic nerve extension and provided the greatest differentiation between tumor and uninvolved extrascleral tissue. Retinoblastoma demonstrated contrast enhancement.

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Received: 28 September 1995 Accepted: 9 January 1996

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Ainbinder, D., Haik, B., Frei, D. et al. Gadolinium enhancement: improved MRI detection of retinoblastoma extension into the optic nerve. Neuroradiology 38, 778–781 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050346

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