Diffusion Restriction Precedes Contrast Enhancement in Glioblastoma Multiforme
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Isolated diffusion restriction precedes the development of enhancing tumor in a subset of patients with glioblastoma.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Most response criteria for patients with glioblastoma rely on increases in the contrast enhancing abnormality to determine tumor progression. Our aim was to determine retrospectively in patients with glioblastoma whether diffusion restriction can predict the development of new enhancing mass lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed the brain MR imaging scans (includin...
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