The Value of CT Angiography and MRI in the Postoperative Follow-Up of
Spinal Cord Vascular Malformations
LI Dashenga,HUANG Hea,WANG Nanaa,XU Haiwanga,WANG Zhichaob
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a. Department of Radiology| b. Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Haidian Section of Peking University Third Hospital (Beijing
Haidian Hospital), Beijing 100080, China
Objective To investigate the value of CT angiography and MRI in the postoperative follow-up of spinal cord vascular
malformations. Methods A total of 155 patients with spinal cord vascular malformations underwent selective whole-spine arterial
angiography. Three trained radiologists evaluated and compared the sensitivity and specificity of the CTA, MRI, and CTA tandem
MRI methods by retrospective analyzing the results of 80 patients who underwent CTA and 126 patients underwent MRI. Results
The sensitivity, specificity, false negative rate and false positive rate of CTA were 90.2%, 84.6%, 9.8% and 15.4%, respectively.
In contrast, the sensitivity, specificity, false negative rate and false positive rate of MRI were 90.1%, 65.5%, 9.9% and 34.5%. The
diagnostic performance of spinal CTA tandem MRI approach showed a sensitivity of 70.3%, a specificity of 98.1%, a false negative
rate of 29.7% and a false positive rate of 1.9%. Conclusion The tandem diagnosis approach of spinal cord CTA and MRI has lower
sensitivity and better specificity, which is of great value in the follow-up of patients with spinal vascular malformation after surgery.
LI Dashenga, HUANG Hea, WANG Nanaa, et al. , {{custom_author.name_en}}et al.
The Value of CT Angiography and MRI in the Postoperative Follow-Up of
Spinal Cord Vascular Malformations[J].
China Medical Devices, 2021, 36(2): 69-72 https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1674-1633.2021.02.017