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ArticleThe neuroradiology journal2018

Brainstem glioma: Prediction of histopathologic grade based on conventional MR imaging.

Yashar Moharamzad, Morteza Sanei Taheri, Farhad Niaghi, Elham Shobeiri

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Article in The neuroradiology journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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  1. Diagnostic challenges and treatment barriers in the management of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma in low- and lower-middle-income countries: a systematic review.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026
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Yashar Moharamzad1 School of Medicine, 48464 Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences , Kermanshah, Iran.
Morteza Sanei Taheri2 Department of Radiology, Shohada Hospital, 48486 Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Iran.
Farhad Niaghi2 Department of Radiology, Shohada Hospital, 48486 Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Iran.
Elham Shobeiri1 School of Medicine, 48464 Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences , Kermanshah, Iran.

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Abstract

Objective The objective of this article is to investigate the association between specific MR imaging findings and histopathologic grading (low-grade vs. high-grade) of brainstem gliomas (BSGs). Methods Sixty-two males and 34 females (mean (standard deviation, SD) age of 24.61 (17.20) years, range = 3 to 70 years) with histologically diagnosed BSG underwent conventional 1.5 T MR imaging, which included T1-weighted (T1W), T2W, and post-contrast T1W sequences. There were 39 children (mean age of 9.38 years) and 57 adults (mean age of 35 years). A binary logistic regression analysis was used to explore associations between MRI features and histopathological grade of the BSG. Results Binary logistic regression revealed that necrosis (adjusted odds ratio (OR) = 16.07; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 3.20 to 80.52; p = 0.001) and inhomogeneous contrast enhancement (adjusted OR = 8.04; 95% CI = 1.73 to 37.41; p = 0.008) as significant predictors of high-grade BSG. The equation (Nagelkerke R

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