Jackson J A, Derman H S, Harper R L, Willcott M R, Ford J J, Schneiders N J, McCrary J A, Kelly A, Bryan R N
Magn Reson Imaging. 1984;2(3):227-33. doi: 10.1016/0730-725x(84)90009-2.
A patient presented with an 8-month history of a progressive left homonymous visual field deficit, left hemiparesis, and a left thalamocortical sensory deficit that was not detectable by repeated conventional neurodiagnostic evaluations. Proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging revealed a right parietal lesion characterized by a prolonged T2 (spin-spin relaxation time). At surgery, the mass proved to be an anaplastic astrocytoma. NMR appears to be more sensitive than x-ray computerized tomography scanning in some patients with malignant gliomas and offers the clinician an additional probe with which to evaluate these patients.
