| Literature DB >> 2351177 |
A T Irvine1, M A Flower, R J Ott, J W Babich, F Kabir, V R McCready.
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Nineteen patients with biopsy-proven cerebral gliomas were studied with 99mTc-HMPAO single photon emission tomography (SPECT) imaging and X-ray computed tomography (CT). The uptake of 99mTc-HMPAO was correlated with tumour size and morphology as shown by X-ray CT, and overall patient survival. It appears that uptake of 99mTc-HMPAO is associated with larger, ill-defined tumours and was an adverse factor in patient survival. In those tumours with normal or increased uptake, 99mTc-HMPAO imaging is useful in distinguishing the tumour margin from surrounding oedema.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2351177 DOI: 10.1007/bf00842782
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Nucl Med ISSN: 0340-6997