Diagnostic performance of MRI perfusion and spectroscopy for brainstem glioma grading
D. Tran, D.H. Nguyen, H.K. Nguyen, V.-A. Nguyen-Thanh, H. Dong-Van, M.D. Nguyen Neurosurgery Center, Viet Duc Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam. bsnguyenminhduc@pnt.edu.vn
OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the roles of dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC) perfusion and multivoxel magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) in grading brainstem glioma (BSG).
PATIENTS AND METHODS: Our retrospective study comprised 12 patients, including 6 with pathology verified low-grade BSGs and 6 with high-grade BSGs. We examined differences in age, relative cerebral blood volume (rCBV), regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF), and the metabolite ratios of choline (Cho)/N-acetyl aspartate (NAA) and Cho/creatine (Cr) between these two groups using the Mann-Whitney U test and Chi-square test. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was used to establish cutoff values and assess their usefulness in grading BSG.
RESULTS: The Cho/NAA metabolite ratio had the strongest preoperative predictive performance for identifying the correct histological grade among BSGs, with an area under the ROC curve (AUC) value of 0.944 (cutoff: 3.88, sensitivity [Se]: 83.3%; specificity [Sp]: 100%), followed by the Cho/Cr ratio (cutoff: 3.08; AUC: 0.917; Se: 83.3%; Sp: 100%), rCBF (cutoff: 3.56, AUC: 0.917; Se: 83.3%; Sp: 100%), rCBV (cutoff: 3.16, AUC: 0.889; Se: 100%; Sp: 66.7%), and age (cutoff: 9.5 years, AUC: 0.889; Se: 100%; Sp: 83.3%).
CONCLUSIONS: rCBF and rCBV values comparing solid tumors with the normal brain parenchyma and the metabolite ratios for Cho/NAA and Cho/Cre may serve as useful indices for establishing BSG grading and provide important information when determining treatment planning and prognosis in patients with BSG.
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D. Tran, D.H. Nguyen, H.K. Nguyen, V.-A. Nguyen-Thanh, H. Dong-Van, M.D. Nguyen
Diagnostic performance of MRI perfusion and spectroscopy for brainstem glioma grading
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci
Year: 2022
Vol. 26 - N. 21
Pages: 7938-7948
DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202211_30145