title: Repeat thallium-201 SPECT in cerebral lymphoma.
abstract: The authors report on the contribution of Thallium-201 brain SPECT in the diagnosis and follow-up of a non-immunosuppressed patient, presenting with primary cerebral lymphoma. The tumoral process was at first not diagnosed on CT-scan, but Thallium-201 SPECT suggested a tumoral invasion. During corticosteroid treatment the tumor volume on CT-scan decreased, while on Thallium-201 SPECT there was an enhancement of the accumulation and an increasing tumor to non-tumor ratio. These scintigraphical findings more closely reflected the clinical course and the postmortem results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Middelheim General Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Borggreve
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Dierckx
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Crols
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mathijs
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Appel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vandevivere
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mariën
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: De Deyn
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes