title: A case report of preoperative and postoperative 7.0T brain MRI in a patient with a small cell glioblastoma.
abstract: A 45-yr-old female patient was admitted with one-month history of headache and progressive left hemiparesis. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated a mass lesion in her right frontal lobe. Her brain tumor was confirmed as a small cell glioblastoma. Her follow-up brain MRI, taken at 8 months after her initial surgery demonstrated tumor recurrence in the right frontal lobe. Contrast-enhanced 7.0T brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was safely performed before surgery and at the time of recurrence. Compared with 1.5T and 3.0T brain MRI, 7.0T MRI showed sharpened images of the brain tumor contexture with detailed anatomical information. The fused images of 7.0T and 1.5T brain MRI taken at the time of recurrence demonstrated no significant discrepancy in the positions of the anterior and the posterior commissures. It is suggested that 7.0T MRI can be safely utilized for better images of the maligant gliomas before and after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Cancer Research Institute, Ischemic/Hypoxic Disease Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sun Ha
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-3007-8653
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Paek
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Cancer Research Institute, Ischemic/Hypoxic Disease Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae Ha
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-7556-3594
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Cancer Research Institute, Ischemic/Hypoxic Disease Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Dong Gyu
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-5740-6189
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Cancer Research Institute, Ischemic/Hypoxic Disease Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Seung Hong
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-0412-2270
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Cancer Research Institute, Ischemic/Hypoxic Disease Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Chul-Ho
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0039-5746
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, Cancer Research Institute, Ischemic/Hypoxic Disease Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sung Hye
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-4253-7047
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience Research Institute, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Young Don
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-7029-2422
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Son
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience Research Institute, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Young Bo
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0214-3964
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience Research Institute, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Zang-Hee
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-5140-1689
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D066246:ErbB Receptors
keywords: Pre- and post-operative 7.0T MRI; Small Cell Glioblastoma