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Diffusion tensor imaging and chemical shift imaging assessment of heterogeneity in low grade glioma under temozolomide chemotherapy.

Sijens PE, Heesters MA, Enting RH, van der Graaf WT, Potze JH, Irwan R, Meiners LC, Oudkerk M

Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. p.e.sijens@rad.umcg.nl

Diffusion tensor imaging and multiple voxel magnetic resonance spectroscopy were performed in the MRI follow-up of a patient with a glioma treated with temozolomide chemotherapy. Tumor shrinkage was paralleled by reductions in choline level and by increases in apparent diffusion coefficient indicating decreased cellularity. Within the tumor, choline level and apparent diffusion coefficient showed a significant inverse correlation (P < 0.01). Fractional anisotropy distribution in the tumor correlated positively with N-acetyl aspartate level (P < 0.001), indicating that these parameters reflect (remaining) axonal structure. Tumor lactate level, also found to decrease under therapy, did not correlate with any other parameter.

Published 6 December 2007 in Cancer Invest, 25(8): 706-10.
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