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Table 6 The analysis of CT and MRI findings when it comes to predicting dural based metastasis

From: A proposed imaging scoring system to differentiate dural-based metastasis from meningioma using MR and CT images

 

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

NPV

Edema

97%

32%

34%

96%

Cystic changes

26%

74%

27%

73%

CSF cleft

39%

14%

14%

39%

Leptomeningeal enhancement

39%

99%

92%

81%

Dural tail

19%

17%

8%

36%

Calcification

10%

60%

8%

64%

Bone destruction

48%

92%

68%

83%

Hyperostosis

0%

54%

0%

59%