Abstract
Thirty-two children with medulloblastoma were evaluated postoperatively with conventional and gadolinium-enhanced MR imaging. Eleven patients had abnormal cranial MR studies; nine of these had recurrent tumor. In six patients recurrent tumor enhanced with Gd, while in the other three patients recurrent tumor did not enhance. The remaining two patients had areas of abnormal Gd enhancement that were caused by radiation-induced breakdown of the blood-brain barrier rather than by recurrent tumor. This study shows that not all recurrent medulloblastoma enhances and that the absence of Gd enhancement does not necessarily indicate the absence of recurrent tumor.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 153-157 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | American Journal of Roentgenology |
| Volume | 155 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - 1990 |
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Recurrent medulloblastoma : Frequency of tumor enhancement on Gd-DTPA MR imaging. / Rollins, N.; Mendelsohn, D.; Mulne, A.; Barton, R.; Diehl, J.; Reyes, N.; Sklar, F.
In: American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol. 155, No. 1, 1990, p. 153-157.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Recurrent medulloblastoma
T2 - Frequency of tumor enhancement on Gd-DTPA MR imaging
AU - Rollins, N.
AU - Mendelsohn, D.
AU - Mulne, A.
AU - Barton, R.
AU - Diehl, J.
AU - Reyes, N.
AU - Sklar, F.
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - Thirty-two children with medulloblastoma were evaluated postoperatively with conventional and gadolinium-enhanced MR imaging. Eleven patients had abnormal cranial MR studies; nine of these had recurrent tumor. In six patients recurrent tumor enhanced with Gd, while in the other three patients recurrent tumor did not enhance. The remaining two patients had areas of abnormal Gd enhancement that were caused by radiation-induced breakdown of the blood-brain barrier rather than by recurrent tumor. This study shows that not all recurrent medulloblastoma enhances and that the absence of Gd enhancement does not necessarily indicate the absence of recurrent tumor.
AB - Thirty-two children with medulloblastoma were evaluated postoperatively with conventional and gadolinium-enhanced MR imaging. Eleven patients had abnormal cranial MR studies; nine of these had recurrent tumor. In six patients recurrent tumor enhanced with Gd, while in the other three patients recurrent tumor did not enhance. The remaining two patients had areas of abnormal Gd enhancement that were caused by radiation-induced breakdown of the blood-brain barrier rather than by recurrent tumor. This study shows that not all recurrent medulloblastoma enhances and that the absence of Gd enhancement does not necessarily indicate the absence of recurrent tumor.
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VL - 155
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JO - American Journal of Roentgenology
JF - American Journal of Roentgenology
SN - 0361-803X
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