Diagnostic and interventional radiology : official journal of the Turkish Society of Radiology
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Diagn Interv Radiol · Mar 2007
Evaluation of cerebral glioma grade by using normal side creatine as an internal reference in multi-voxel 1H-MR spectroscopy.
PURPOSE Our purpose was to evaluate cerebral glioma grade by using normal side creatine (Cr) as an internal reference in multi-voxel 1H-MR spectroscopy. MATERIALS AND METHODS We examined 25 adult patients with glial brain tumors. Ratios of maximum Cho/Cr (normal) (max- Cho/Cr(n)) and minimum NAA/Cr(normal) (min-NAA/ Cr(n)) were determined using Cr levels in the normal parenchyma. ⋯ Our data showed that Cr tended to be low in the high-grade tumors. In addition to conventional metabolite ratios, the Min-NAA/Cr(n) ratio might be useful in brain tumor grading. Combined use of metabolite ratios might be helpful in grading brain tumors in cases without significantly increased Cho/Cr ratios.
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Diagn Interv Radiol · Mar 2007
Case ReportsClinical and CT findings of epiploic appendagitis within an inguinal hernia.
Epiploic appendagitis is a rare condition resulting from an acute inflammation of an appendix epiploica. Epiploic appendagitis is frequently misdiagnosed as either acute appendicitis or acute diverticulitis, and the diagnosis is usually made during surgery. ⋯ Medical management of symptoms is usually sufficient. Herein, we present CT findings of an epiploic appendagitis case that developed in a left inguinal hernia, which is a very rare entity.