Inflammation and Vascular Permeability Correlate With Growth in Sporadic Vestibular Schwannoma

Background Inflammation is hypothesized to be a key event in the growth of sporadic vestibular schwannoma (VS). In this study we sought to investigate the relationship between inflammation and tumor growth in vivo using the PET tracer 11C-(R)-PK11195 and dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE) MRI derived vascular biomarkers.