Improving the diagnosis of radiation necrosis after stereotactic radiosurgery to intracranial metastases with conventional MRI features: a case series
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The distinction between true disease progression and radiation necrosis after stereotactic radiosurgery to intracranial metastases is a common, but challenging, clinical scenario. Improvements in systemic therapies are increasing the importance of this distinction. A variety of imaging techniques have been investigated, but the value of any individual technique is limited. Assessment should extend beyond simply the appearances of the lesion at a given timepoint, but also consider local anatomy and lesion evolution. Firstly, enlargement of a metastasis is affected by local anatomical boundaries, such as the dural reflections or cerebrospinal fluid spaces. In contrast, the radiation dose administered with stereotactic radiosurgery does not respect these anatomical boundaries and is largely concentric around the treated lesion. Therefore, new, non-contiguous enhancement across such a boundary can be confidently attributed to radiation necrosis. Secondly, the dynamic nature of radiation necrosis may result in a change in lesion shape, with different portions of the lesion simultaneously enlarging and regressing. Regression of part of a lesion indicates radiation necrosis, even if the overall lesion enlarges. This case series describes these two features and provides illustrative clinical examples in which these features allowed a confident diagnosis of radiation necrosis. The distinction between true disease progression and radiation necrosis should extend beyond just the appearances of the lesion. More nuanced interpretation incorporating a relationship to anatomical boundaries and a change in shape can improve accurate diagnosis of radiation necrosis.
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