Possible role of single-voxel 1H-MRS in differential diagnosis of suprasellar tumors

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-198

  Chernov, Mikhail F ^a,b   Kawamata, Takakazu ^a   Amano, Kosaku ^a   Ono, Yuko ^a   Suzuki, Takashi ^b   Nakamura, Ryoichi ^a,b   Muragaki, Yoshihiro ^a,b   Iseki, Hiroshi ^a,b   Kubo, Osami ^a   Hori, Tomokatsu ^a   Takakura, Kintomo ^a,b  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chordoma; Craniopharyngioma; Differential diagnosis; Glioma; Pituitary adenoma; Protonmagnetic resonance spectroscopy; Suprasellar tumor

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; GLIOMA; HAMARTOMA; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MENINGIOMA; METABOLITE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; ASTROCYTOMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLINE; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CREATINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROTONS; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 57349158710     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-008-9698-y     Document Type: Article

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