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Diffusion-weighted imaging and single-voxel MR spectroscopy in a case of malignant cerebral lymphoma

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Since conventional MRI fails to distinguish between the common neoplasm involving the corpus callosum, we explored the utility of diffusion weighted imaging and single-voxel proton spectroscopy in a case of corpus callosum lymphoma.

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  1. Department of Neuroradiology, CHU de Bicetre, Paris XI University, 78 rue du Gènèral Leclerc, 94270, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France

    D. Ducreux

  2. Department of Medical Imaging, Toronto Western Hospital of the University of Toronto Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    D. Ducreux, R. H. Wu, D. J. Mikulis & K. terBrugge

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Ducreux, D., Wu, R.H., Mikulis, D.J. et al. Diffusion-weighted imaging and single-voxel MR spectroscopy in a case of malignant cerebral lymphoma. Neuroradiology 45, 865–868 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-003-1107-9

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