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JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY
Volume 114, Issue 6, Pages 1640-1647Publisher
AMER ASSOC NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS
DOI: 10.3171/2010.11.JNS10553
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positron emission tomography; methionine; glioma; oligodendroglial tumor; 1p/19q deletion
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- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [22591606] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Object. The diagnostic usefulness of (11)C-methionine PET scans in gliomas is still controversial. The authors investigated the clinical significance of (11)C-methionine PET findings in preoperative diagnosis of histological type and grade. Methods. The tissue uptake of (11)C-methionine was assessed using PET in 70 patients with histologically confirmed intracerebral gliomas. The ratio of maximum standard uptake values in tumor areas to the mean standard uptake values in the contralateral normal brain tissue (tumor/normal tissue [T/N] ratio) was calculated and correlated with tumor type. histological grade. contrast enhancement on MR imaging. Ki 67 labeling index. and 1p/19q status. Results. The T/N ratio was significantly increased as tumor grade advanced in astrocytic tumors (WHO Grade II vs Grade III. p = 0.0011: Grade III vs Grade IV. p = 0.0007). Among Grade II gliomas. the mean T/N ratio was significantly higher in oligodendroglial tumors than in diffuse astrocytomas (DAs) (p < 0.0001). All T/N ratios for oligodendroglial tumors were >= 1.46. and those for DA were consistently < 1.46. with the exception of 2 cases of gemistocytic astrocytoma. The Ki 67 labeling index significantly correlated with T/N ratio in astrocytic tumors, but not in oligodendrogliomas. Oligodendroglial tumors without 1p/19q deletion had a significantly higher T/N ratio than those with the codeletion. In combination with Gd-enhanced MR imaging. 67% of nonenhanced tumors with a T/N ratio of >= 1.46 were proved to be Grade II oligodendrogliomas. Conclusions. These results clearly show that (11)C-methionine PET T/N ratios in Grade II oligodendrogliomas were higher than those in DAs independently of their proliferative activity. This information contributes to preoperative differential diagnoses of histological type. especially in suspected low-grade gliomas. (DOI: 10.3171/2010.11.JNS10553)
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