ARTICLE REVIEW 1

Name

Tanweer Ahmad, Noreen Kanwal, Saima Ameer and S. M Nasir

Article title

Diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging in detection of acoustic neuroma

Journal name

Biomedica Vol. 30

1)    Bibliography

Ahmad, T., Kanwal, N., Ameer, S., & Nasir, S. M. (2014). Diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging in detection of acoustic neuroma, 30(1), 17–21.

2)    Purpose of the article

The purpose of this article was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging for acoustic neuroma 

3)    Brief description of procedure and finding/result

This article describe the study comprised of 55 patients with clinical suspicion of acoustic neuroma. Taking histopathology as a gold standard, magnetic resonance imaging was performed to detect acoustic neuroma. Both results were recorded and compared. The result was 43 from 55 patients had acoustic neuroma detected using MRI. The diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance was 96.4%.

4)    Conclusions and Comments

MRI is the appropriate imaging modality for the evaluation of acoustic neuroma as it is safe, non-invasive and the most importantly, it is a highly accurate. It allows detection of a small tumors.

5) Opinion of the Article

I thought this article was very easy to understand. The aim of study, methodology and the findings were clearly shown. Hence, it proves me that acoustic neuroma can be detected accurately using MRI imaging modality.