RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Use of Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging in Differential Diagnosis Between Intracerebral Necrotic Tumors and Cerebral Abscesses
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1252
OP 1257
VO 20
IS 7
A1 Desprechins, Brigitte
A1 Stadnik, Tadeusz
A1 Koerts, Guus
A1 Shabana, Wael
A1 Breucq, Catherine
A1 Osteaux, Michel
YR 1999
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/20/7/1252.abstract
AB Summary: The differential diagnosis between intracerebral necrotic tumors and cerebral abscesses is frequently impossible with conventional MR imaging. We report two cases of cerebral abscesses that showed high signal on diffusion-weighted echo planar imaging and a strongly reduced apparent diffusion coefficient. This appearance was not present in our cases of necrotic/cystic gliomas (eight cases) and necrotic metastases (two cases). We believe that diffusion-weighted MR imaging may be a diagnostic clue in cases of cerebral “ring-enhancing” masses.