American Journal of Neuroradiology 21:1645-1649 (10 2000)
© 2000 American Society of Neuroradiology
ARTICLE
Correlation of Myo-inositol Levels and Grading of Cerebral Astrocytomas
a From the Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: In a limited number of patients, the level of myo-inositol (MI), as seen by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (HMRS), has been shown to differ for gliomas of different histologic grades. We sought to determine if MI levels correlate with cerebral astrocytoma grade.
METHODS: Five control subjects, 14 patients with low-grade astrocytoma, 10 patients with anaplastic astrocytoma, and 10 patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) underwent single-volume HMRS with an echo time of 20 ms. Twenty-five patients had received surgery, chemotherapy, and/or radiation therapy previously. Using the curve-fitting program supplied by the manufacturer, peak areas for n-acetyl aspartate (NAA), choline (Cho), and MI were normalized with respect to the peak area of creatine (Cr). Ratios for MI/Cr, Cho/Cr, and NAA/Cr were obtained for each lesion and retrospectively compared with the histologic grade of the lesion.
RESULTS: Levels of MI/Cr were higher (0.82 ± 0.25) in patients with low-grade astrocytoma, intermediate (0.49 ± 0.07) in control subjects, and lower in patients with anaplastic astrocytoma (0.33 ± 0.16) and GBM (0.15 ± 0.12).
CONCLUSION: Our study shows a trend toward lower MI levels in the presence of anaplastic astrocytomas and GBMs compared with those of low-grade astrocytomas. MI levels may have implications in the grading of cerebral astrocytomas.
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