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Clinical and radiographic features of peritumoral infarction following resection of glioblastoma.

Ulmer S, Braga TA, Barker FG, Lev MH, Gonzalez RG, Henson JW

Stephen E. Catherine Pappas Center for Neuro-oncology and Division of Neuroradiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.

Focal areas of restricted diffusion adjacent to high-grade glioma resection cavities were detected in 70% of patients on immediate postoperative MRI studies. Follow-up studies demonstrated cystic encephalomalacia in 91% of these foci, suggesting the presence of infarction, and the infarcted tissue demonstrated enhancement in 43% of cases. New postoperative deficits correlated well with the anatomic region of infarction in six patients. Enhancement in perioperative infarcts can mimic tumor progression on follow-up imaging studies.

Published 14 November 2006 in Neurology, 67(9): 1668-70.
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