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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine research2017

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Cerebral Tumors: A Case Report.

Ioannis Siasios, Varvara Valotassiou, Eftychia Kapsalaki, Ioannis Tsougos, Panagiotis Georgoulias, Aggeliki Fotiadou, Maria Ioannou, Georgios Koukoulis, Vassilios Dimopoulos, Kostas Fountas

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Ioannis SiasiosDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Larissa, Greece; Department of Neurosurgery, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Varvara ValotassiouDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital of Larissa, Greece.
Eftychia KapsalakiDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital of Larissa, Greece.
Ioannis TsougosDepartment of Medical Physics, University Hospital of Larissa, Greece.
Panagiotis GeorgouliasDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital of Larissa, Greece.
Aggeliki FotiadouDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Larissa, Greece.
Maria IoannouDepartment of Pathology, University Hospital of Larissa, Greece.
Georgios KoukoulisDepartment of Pathology, University Hospital of Larissa, Greece.
Vassilios DimopoulosDepartment of Neurosurgery, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Kostas FountasDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Larissa, Greece.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In their daily clinical practice, physicians have to confront diagnostic dilemmas which cannot be resolved by the application of only one imaging technique. In this case report, we present a 66-year-old woman who was admitted to our institution for the surgical resection of a recently diagnosed brain tumor. The patient had a history of epileptic seizures and was hospitalized in the past for anti-phospholipid syndrome related to a non-Hodgkin lymphoma in remission. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination revealed an enhancing right parasagittal lesion with significant edema suggestive of a high grade glioma. Advanced MRI techniques including proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (

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PMCPMC5127220

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