Pediatric brainstem glioma
Smith, R. R. ; Zimmerman, R. A. ; Packer, R. J. ; Hackney, D. B. ; Bilaniuk, L. T. ; Sutton, L. N. ; Goldberg, H. I. ; Grossman, R. I. ; Schut, L.
Springer
Published 1990
Springer
Published 1990
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1432-1920
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| Keywords: |
Brainstem glioma ; Pediatric brain tumor ; Astrocytoma ; Radiation therapy ; Magnetic resonance
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Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
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Medicine
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Summary Thirty-four pediatric patients, twenty with presumed and fourteen with biopsy or autopsy proven brainstem gliomas were imaged by CT and MR before radiation therapy. Twenty-eight patients received radiotherapy. Of these, eighteen fit the protocol for combined clinical and MR post-treatment evaluation. No cases of radionecrosis were seen at autopsy. This study shows that MR can demonstrate tumor response to radiation therapy, tumor progression prior to clinical deterioration, post-treatment cyst formation and hemorrhage. Although MR clinical correlation was not optimal on six week post-treatment evaluation, 4–10 month post-treatment MR scanning correlated well with clinical evaluation. MR appears useful in post-therapeutic monitoring of tumor response.
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Electronic Resource
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