Resection of gliomas using positron emission tomography/computed tomography neuronavigation

Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 2007 Sep;47(9):397-401; discussion 402. doi: 10.2176/nmc.47.397.

Abstract

Two patients presented with provisional diagnoses of glioma. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging failed to show the boundaries of the tumor clearly. Positron emission tomography (PET)/CT with [(18)F]fluorodeoxyglucose and (11)C-methionine clearly showed the location, extent, and heterogeneity of the tumors. The tumors were resected under PET/CT neuronavigation guidance. Histological examination of the specimens showed that PET/CT neuronavigation provided reliable distinction between normal brain and glioma, and that the uptake of PET tracers can indicate the degree of proliferation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Glioma / diagnostic imaging
  • Glioma / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neuronavigation / methods*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*