title: Resection of gliomas using positron emission tomography/computed tomography neuronavigation.
abstract: Two patients presented with provisional diagnoses of glioma. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging failed to show the boundaries of the tumor clearly. Positron emission tomography (PET)/CT with [(18)F]fluorodeoxyglucose and (11)C-methionine clearly showed the location, extent, and heterogeneity of the tumors. The tumors were resected under PET/CT neuronavigation guidance. Histological examination of the specimens showed that PET/CT neuronavigation provided reliable distinction between normal brain and glioma, and that the uptake of PET tracers can indicate the degree of proliferation.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, PET/CT Center, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, PRC. dhcan@public.tpt.tj.cn
authors: Shuyuan
authors: S
authors: Yang
authors: Chuan
authors: C
authors: Zhang
authors: Tao
authors: T
authors: Zhu
authors: Li
authors: L
authors: Cai
authors: Shuo
authors: S
authors: Gao
authors: Shuyuan
authors: S
authors: Yue
authors: Wei
authors: W
authors: Wei
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005910:Glioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D038361:Neuronavigation / Q000379:methods*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed