| Literature DB >> 8798035 |
J Gaa1, S Warach, P Wen, V Thangaraj, P Wielopolski, R R Edelman.
Abstract
A total of 17 patients with histologically proven diagnoses of low-grade astrocytoma (n = 4), high-grade astrocytoma (n = 8), lymphoma (n = 3), and meningioma (n = 2) were examined by using EPISTAR MR imaging. Meningiomas had the highest EPISTAR tumor/white matter contrast and low-grade astrocytomas and lymphomas the lowest. High-grade astrocytomas demonstrated elevated EPISTAR signal with marked regional heterogeneity. There was agreement between tumor vascularity by SPECT and EPISTAR in the five cases where both were done. Our results show that tumor vascularity can be assessed qualitatively by using EPISTAR without the need for contrast medium injection.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8798035 DOI: 10.1007/bf00182486
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur Radiol ISSN: 0938-7994 Impact factor: 5.315