Repeat thallium-201 SPECT in cerebral lymphoma.
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.
Borggreve
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Department of Neurology, Middelheim General Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.
Dierckx
R A
RA
Crols
R
R
Mathijs
R
R
Appel
B
B
Vandevivere
J
J
Mariën
P
P
Martin
J J
JJ
De Deyn
P P
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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
D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes