The value of susceptibility weighted imaging in differential diagnosis between cerebral lymphoma and glioblastoma
CHEN Shao-xian
ZHEN Shao-yan
ZENG xian-ting
LIN Shi-xu
LIN Shi-hong
WU Xian-heng
Abstract：Objective To investigate susceptibility weighted MR imaging (SWI) features of primary intracerebral lym‐phoma and gliomas multiblastoma (GMB) ,and to further assess the differentiation between them by using the intratumor‐al susceptibility signals intensity (ITSS) .Methods Thirteen patients with pathologically proved primary intra‐cerebral lymphoma and 19 with GMB underwent MR examination ,including SWI .The ITSS in all tumors was measured and com‐pared between groups by two neuroradiologists .Results Lymphoma showed low degree of ITSS in SWI ,and GMB was obviously high .The degree of ITSS were grade 0 to 1 in 13 cases of lyphomas ,8 cases scored 0 ,5 cases scored 1 ,where‐as ,those of GMB became obviously increased in all of the 19 cases scored 3 .There was statistical significance in different ITSS levels between lyphoma and GMB ( P <0 .001) .Conclusion As a complementary method to conventional MR se‐quences ,measurement of ITSS in SWI is helpful in the differentiated diagnosis on cerebral lymphoma and GMB .
Keywords：Brain neoplasmIymphomaGliomas multiblastomaMagnetic resonance imagingSusceptibility weighted imaging
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 2076-2079 )