Conventional MRI, DWI and MR-spectroscopy in the study of focal brain lesions.
A case of a patient with neurologic symptoms is reported. Baseline MRI findings were inconclusive to establish a definitive diagnosis. The worsened neurologic and neuroradiologic pattern directed towards a diagnosis of tumor. A second MRI examination and MR-spectroscopy confirmed the hypothesis based on both the diagnosis of nature of the lesion and the histological characterization of the surgical specimen. The technique of MR-spectroscopy is briefly described.
Gaudino
Simona
S
Istituto di Radiologia, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore, Policlinico A. Gemelli, Roma, Italy.
Lotito
Rosa Maria
RM
Di Veronica
Alessandra
A
Vadalà
Rita
R
Cianfoni
Alessandro
A
Tartaglione
Tommaso
T
D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male