PMID: 2493795Mar 1, 1989Paper

Positron emission tomography and computed tomography in differential diagnosis between recurrent or residual glioma and treatment-induced brain lesions

Acta Radiologica
A LiljaB Långström

Abstract

In previous studies of supratentorial gliomas with positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT), high uptakes of L-methyl-11C-methionine (11C-L-methionine) were found even in astrocytomas without blood-brain barrier defects as judged by CT or 68Ga-EDTA PET. In a number of patients examined after radiation therapy, there were no consistent changes in the high uptake values. In the present investigation PET and CT were compared with regard to their abilities to visualize and delineate recurrent tumors and treatment-induced brain defects and to differentiate between them. The study was undertaken on four patients who were long-term survivors after treatment for high-grade gliomas. For PET, 11C-L-methionine and 68Ga-EDTA were used. In two patients recurrent/residual tumors appeared considerably larger with 11C-L-methionine PET than with CT or 68Ga-EDTA PET. In one patient, no signs of recurrence were seen with any of these three methods, and in a fourth patient, whose condition was clinically stable, the findings at PET with 11C-L-methionine were non-specific. In areas corresponding to the surgical parenchymal defects, the 11C-L-methionine uptake and, except in one case, the local blood volume was markedly reduce...Continue Reading

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