Brainstem gliomas of childhood: magnetic resonance imaging.
We compared magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and CT on 16 children with brainstem gliomas. MRI demonstrated masses of decreased signal intensity, which enlarged and distorted brainstems in all patients with active disease and showed brainstem abnormalities in 21 of 23 studies (91%). In one-half of the patients, MRI showed more extensive disease than did CT. Exophytic portions of tumors were shown well on MRI. MRI was more sensitive than CT in demonstrating disease relapse.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy; D001933:Brain Stem; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005910:Glioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed