title: Minute glioma identified by 3.0 Tesla magnetic resonance spectroscopy--case report.
abstract: A 33-year-old man presented with a minute tumor incidentally detected by magnetic resonance (MR) imaging screening. 1.5 Tesla MR spectroscopy indicated normal brain tissue whereas 3.0 Tesla MR spectroscopy indicated neoplasm. The tumor was completely resected. The histological diagnosis was fibrillary astrocytoma. Minute glioma, measuring less than 15 mm in diameter on MR imaging, can be completely resected, resulting in a good prognosis. 3.0 Tesla MR spectroscopy can establish the diagnosis in the early stage of glioma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, 19-1 Uchimaru, Morioka, Iwate 020-8505, Japan. tainoue@iwate-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Kuniaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogasawara
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kumabe
authors.forename: Hidefumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jokura
authors.forename: Mika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ogawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male