title: Imaging of adult central nervous system primary malignant gliomas. Staging and follow-up.
abstract: A classification and staging system for primary adult gliomas was proposed. This system uses the high signal intensity found on proton density or T2-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) scans at the site of the tumor and surrounding edema (including infiltrating tumor).
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005910:Glioma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed