Thakur S B, Karimi S, Dunkel I J, Koutcher J A, Huang W
Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2006 Apr;27(4):806-9.
Two pediatric patients with diffuse pontine tumors underwent MR spectroscopic imaging pre- and postradiation. Choline/creatine (Cho/Cr) and Cho/N-acetylaspartate (NAA) ratios were elevated before treatment, with no MR imaging contrast enhancement. These ratios were further elevated at 2 posttreatment follow-up studies, despite signs of excellent clinical improvement at initial follow-up. This study suggests that MR spectroscopic imaging is more specific in assessing the aggressiveness of diffuse pontine tumors than conventional MR imaging and can serve as a valuable tool in early prognostication.
两名患有弥漫性脑桥肿瘤的儿科患者在放疗前后接受了磁共振波谱成像。治疗前胆碱/肌酸(Cho/Cr)和胆碱/N-乙酰天门冬氨酸(NAA)比值升高,磁共振成像无对比增强。尽管在初始随访时有明显临床改善迹象,但在两次治疗后随访研究中这些比值进一步升高。本研究表明,磁共振波谱成像在评估弥漫性脑桥肿瘤的侵袭性方面比传统磁共振成像更具特异性,可作为早期预后评估的有价值工具。