Thallium-201 single-photon emission computed tomography imaging in a pediatric brain tumor. A case report.
Thallium brain single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) may be useful for differentiation of tumor recurrence from scar tissue and radiation necrosis and to predict low or high grade brain tumors. We report a case of an 11-year-old boy with recurrent oligodendroglioma who showed increased focal uptake of thallium-201 at the site of recurrence after surgery and radiotherapy on a SPECT imaging of the brain. This indicates viable tumor mass as opposed to radiation necrosis.
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University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu.
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D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D016371:Cranial Irradiation; D003399:Craniotomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009837:Oligodendroglioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D011612:Psychosurgery; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000528:radiation effects / Q000601:surgery; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon