Diffusion-weighted MR images and pineoblastoma: diagnosis and follow-up Imagens pesadas em difusão e pineoblastoma: diagnóstico e acompanhamento

Diffusion-weighted MR images and pineoblastoma: diagnosis and follow-up Imagens pesadas em difusão e pineoblastoma: diagnóstico e acompanhamento

Pineoblastomas are uncommon pineal tumors, which demonstrate rapid growing and poor prognosis. We report the case of a 43-year-old man with an enhancing pineal region mass, which showed restriction of the diffusion on diffusion-weighted (DW) MR images. The surgical biopsy defined the diagnosis of pi...

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Main Authors: Emerson L. Gasparetto, L. Celso Hygino da Cruz Jr, Thomas M. Doring, Bertha Araújo, Mário Alberto Dantas, Leila Chimelli, Romeu C. Domingues
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2008-03-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
pineoblastoma
ressonância magnética
imagens pesadas em difusão
magnetic resonance imaging
diffusion-weighted imaging
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2008000100015
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