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Inverted Papilloma on MRI

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This is a pathologically proven

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sphenoid sinus, inverted papilloma.

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It highlights the problem of distinguishing

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between benign neoplasms of the

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perinasal sinuses and malignancies.

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Here we see on the T2-weighted scan a mass

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that has bright and dark areas within the

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sphenoid sinus.

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You can see the extension into the

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pterygoid air cell of the right sphenoid sinus.

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It's dark in signal intensity. On T1-weighted

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scan, relatively homogeneously intermediate in

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signal intensity, and on the post-gadolinium

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enhanced scan, it shows avid contrast enhancement.

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There's no way for me to know whether

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this is a small cell neuroendocrine

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tumor or whether this is a lymphoma,

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or whether this is what it turned out to be,

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histopathologically, an inverted papilloma.

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Maybe on this T2-weighted image, we might suggest

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that there is a cerebriform appearance to it,

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but this is not a perfect example of cerebriform,

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brain-like appearance on T2-weighted scanning.

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Most malignant neoplasms are going to

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be dark in signal intensity on T2,

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intermediate signal intensity on T1,

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and showing avid contrast enhancement, just

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like this sphenoid sinus inverted papilloma.

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Now, could this inverted papilloma

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have squamous cell carcinoma in it?

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It could, and I would have no way of knowing that.

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Faculty

David M Yousem, MD, MBA

Professor of Radiology, Vice Chairman and Associate Dean

Johns Hopkins University

Mahla Radmard, MD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Sinus

Sinonasal Cavity

Oncologic Imaging

Neuroradiology

Neoplastic

MRI

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