Differentiation of intracranial tuberculomas and high grade gliomas using proton MR spectroscopy and diffusion MR imaging

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• 作者：Juan Peng¹ ; ^{pengjuan1209@126.com} ; Yu Ouyang¹ ; ^{1957ouyangyu@sina.com} ; Wei-Dong Fang¹ ; ^{fwd9707@yahoo.com.cn} ; Tian-You Luo ; ^{ltychy@sina.com} ; Yong-Mei Li¹ ; ^{lymzhang70@yahoo.com.cn} ; Fa-Jin Lv¹ ; ^{fajinlv@hotmail.com} ; Zhi-Wei Zhang¹ ; ^{jintianzzw@163.com} ; Xin-You Li¹ ; ^{lixinyou666@163.com}
• 关键词：Intracranial tuberculoma ; Glioma ; Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) ; Proton MR spectroscopy (1H MRS)
• 刊名：European Journal of Radiology
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：December, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：81
• 期：12
• 页码：4057-4063
• 全文大小：735 K

文摘

Objective

The purpose of this study was to determine whether proton MR spectroscopy (¹H MRS) and diffusion-weighted (DW) imaging can be used to differentiate intracranial tuberculomas from high grade gliomas (HGGs).

Materials and methods

A total of 41 patients (19 with intracranial tuberculomas and 22 with HGGs) were examined in our study. ¹H MRS and DW imaging were performed at a 1.5T MR scanner before operation or treatment. Concentrations of N-acetylaspartate (NAA), creatine (Cr), choline (Cho), and lipid and lactate (LL) in the contrast-enhancing rim of each lesion were expressed as metabolite ratios and were normalized to the contralateral hemisphere. The apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) was also calculated. The metabolite ratios and ADC values in the enhancing rim of intracranial tuberculomas and HGGs were compared using the Wilcoxon rank sum test. Diagnostic accuracy was compared using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis.

Results

Significant differences were found in the maximum Cho/Cr (P = 0.015), Cho/NAA (P = 0.001) and Cho/Cho-n ratios (P = 0.002), and minimum ADC value (P < 0.001) between the intracranial tuberculomas and HGGs. Diagnostic accuracy was higher by minimum ADC value than maximum Cho/Cr, Cho/NAA and Cho/Cho-n ratios (93.8 % versus 75.7 % , 80.8 % and 78.1 % ).

Conclusion

These results suggest a promising role for ¹H MRS and DW imaging in the differentiation between the intracranial tuberculomas and HGGs.