Pediatric brainstem glioma. Post-radiation clinical and MR follow-up.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-1990
Abstract
Thirty-four pediatric patients, twenty with presumed and fourteen with biopsy or autopsy proven brainstem gliomas were imaged by CT and MR before radiation therapy. Twenty-eight patients received radiotherapy. Of these, eighteen fit the protocol for combined clinical and MR post-treatment evaluation. No cases of radionecrosis were seen at autopsy. This study shows that MR can demonstrate tumor response to radiation therapy, tumor progression prior to clinical deterioration, post-treatment cyst formation and hemorrhage. Although MR clinical correlation was not optimal on six week post-treatment evaluation, 4-10 month post-treatment MR scanning correlated well with clinical evaluation. MR appears useful in post-therapeutic monitoring of tumor response.
Volume
32
Issue
4
First Page
265
Last Page
271
ISSN
0028-3940
Published In/Presented At
Smith, R. R., Zimmerman, R. A., Packer, R. J., Hackney, D. B., Bilaniuk, L. T., Sutton, L. N., Goldberg, H. I., Grossman, R. I., & Schut, L. (1990). Pediatric brainstem glioma. Post-radiation clinical and MR follow-up. Neuroradiology, 32(4), 265–271. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00593044
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Pediatrics
PubMedID
2234384
Department(s)
Department of Pediatrics
Document Type
Article