Abstract
We studied 14 young people with newly diagnosed hemisphere tumors, aged from 3 to 20 years (average 10 years). All underwent surgery following MR imaging (MRI) and spectroscopy (MRS). The tumors studied were three glioblastomas, one each of ganglio-glioblastoma, primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET), rhabdoid teratoid tumor, pilocytic astrocytoma, ependymoma, anaplastic ependymoma, and gliomatosis cerebri, and four gangliogliomas. Four patients died; ten patients are alive (five with stable residual tumor, five with no evident tumor). Images and spectra were acquired on a 1.5-T imager. Proton MRS was performed before gadolinium injection in all but one case. Single-voxel techniques were utilized in all cases, using a spin-echo or STEAM sequence with a long echo time (135 or 270 ms). Peak areas of N-acetyl aspartate (NAA), choline (Cho), and creatine and phosphocreatine (Cr) were assessed. The NAA/Cho peak-area ratio was very low in the patients who died (mean ± s.d. 0.20 ± 0.14), and higher in the patients who are alive (0.74 ± 0.47; P = 0.007 two-tailed t-test). The Cr/Cho peak-area ratio also followed a similar trend for the two groups (mean ± s.d. 0.17 ± 0.07 and 0.49 ± 0.30, respectively; P = 0.01 by two-tailed t-test).
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 121-125 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Neuroradiology |
Volume | 40 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 1 1998 |
Keywords
- Brain tumor, pediatric
- Brain tumors, prognosis
- Neuro-oncology
- Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Clinical Neurology
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine