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ArticleEuropean radiology2014

(1)H-MRS is useful to reinforce the suspicion of primary central nervous system lymphoma prior to surgery.

Paloma Mora, Carles Majós, Sara Castañer, Juan J Sánchez, Andreu Gabarrós, Amadeo Muntané, Carles Aguilera, Carles Arús

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Article in European radiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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  8. Lymphomatosis cerebri: a rare variant of primary central nervous system lymphoma and MR imaging features.Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society · 2017
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  9. Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma.Chinese medical journal · 2016
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Paloma MoraDepartment of Radiology, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, palomamora@bellvitgehospital.cat.
Carles Majós
Sara Castañer
Juan J Sánchez
Andreu Gabarrós
Amadeo Muntané
Carles Aguilera
Carles Arús
Bellvitge University Hospital · ESBiomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine · ESUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo assess whether (1)H-MRS may be useful to reinforce the radiological suspicion of PCNSL.

methodsIn this retrospective study, we included 546 patients with untreated brain tumours in which single-voxel spectroscopy at TE 30 ms and 136 ms had been performed. The patients were split into two subgroups: "training set" and "test set." Differences between PCNSL and five other types of intracranial tumours were assessed in the test set of patients using the Mann-Whitney U nonparametric test and cut-off values for pair-wise comparisons defined by constructing receiver operating characteristic curves. These thresholds were used to construct classifiers for binary comparison between PCNSL and non-PCNSL. The performance of the obtained classifiers was assessed in the independent test set of patients.

resultsSignificant differences were found between PCNSL and the other groups evaluated. All bilateral comparisons performed in the test set obtained accuracy values above 70 % (71-89 %). Lipids were found to be useful to discriminate between PCNSL and glioblastoma/metastasis at short TE. Myo-inositol resonance was found to be very consistent for discriminating between PCNSL and astrocytomas at short TE.

conclusions(1)H-MRS is useful to reinforce diagnostic suspicion of PCNSL on MRI. KEY POINTS: • (1) H-MRS can be used to reinforce the diagnostic suspicion of PCNSL. • Lipids can be used to discriminate between PCNSL and GB/MET. • Myo-inositol resonance can be used to discriminate between PCNSL and astrocytomas.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCentral Nervous System NeoplasmsDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansLymphomaMagnetic Resonance ImagingMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMaleMiddle AgedPreoperative PeriodReproducibility of Results

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