MR spectroscopy of bilateral thalamic gliomas.
This study reports the MR spectroscopic patterns of two patients with bithalamic glioma. In one patient, phosphorus (31P) MR spectroscopy was performed. In both patients, the proton MR spectroscopic scans showed an increased creatine-phosphocreatine peak in the tumor. In the patient who underwent 31P-MR spectroscopy, an increased phosphocreatine peak was also observed. This group of thalamic tumors may be distinguished from other gliomas clinically, radiologically, and metabolically.
Estève
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F
Unité IRM, University Joseph Fourier, and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble, France.
Grand
S
S
Rubin
C
C
Hoffmann
D
D
Pasquier
B
B
Graveron-Demilly
D
D
Mahdjoub
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R
Le Bas
J F
JF
D000328:Adult; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003401:Creatine / Q000032:analysis; D005910:Glioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D010725:Phosphocreatine / Q000032:analysis; D013786:Thalamic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013788:Thalamus / Q000473:pathology
D010725:Phosphocreatine; D003401:Creatine