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Intracranial Meningiomas Decrease in Volume on Magnetic Resonance Imaging After Discontinuing Progestin.

Eduard H J VoormolenPierre Olivier ChampagneElena RocaLorenzo GiammatteiThibault PasseriPaolo di RussoMiguel Marigil SanchezAnne Laure BernatIsabelle YoldjianSylvie FontanelAlain WeillEmmanuel MandonnetSébastien Froelich
Published in: Neurosurgery (2021)
Ninety-one percent of intracranial meningiomas in female patients with long-term PCA use decrease or stabilize on MRI after stopping PCA treatment. Meningioma growth kinetics change significantly from growth during PCA usage to shrinkage after PCA withdrawal.
Keyphrases
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • optic nerve
  • contrast enhanced
  • computed tomography
  • diffusion weighted imaging
  • magnetic resonance
  • smoking cessation