Astroblastoma: diffusion MRI, and proton MR spectroscopy.
A patient with grade II astroblastoma is reported. The tumor revealed an inhomogenous enhancement pattern on T1-weighted images after contrast medium. It contained cyst-like structures with high signal in FLAIR images, consistent with presence of viscous material. In spectroscopy, NAA was decreased, and Cho was increased. Peaks belonging to lipids and a combined broad peak belonging to myoinositol and glycine were noticed. In diffusion MRI, the mean apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) value of intratumoral cyst-like structures was 2.12 x 10(-3)mm(2)/s less than that of CSF. The matrix of the tumor had lower ADC values ranging from 1.19 to 1.25 x 10(-3)mm(2)/s, higher than that of normal cerebral parenchyma.
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Department of Radiology, Ege University Hospital, Bornova, 35100 Izmir, Turkey. rnsener@hotmail.com
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017352:Echo-Planar Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D018302:Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery