Perfusion MR imaging and proton MR spectroscopic imaging in differentiating necrotizing cerebritis from glioblastoma multiforme

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 238-243

  Pivawer, Gabriel ^a   Law, Meng ^a   Zagzag, David ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebritis; High grade glioma; Perfusion MR imaging; Proton MR spectroscopic imaging

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; LACTIC ACID; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METABOLITE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NECROSIS;

EID: 33846541923     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2006.09.028     Document Type: Article

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