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To evaluate Gd-DTPA contrast enhancement of brain tumors over time and to describe the dispersion of contrast into the zone of peritumoral edema. We performed MR imaging with a dose of 0.4 mmol Gd-DTPA/kg on eleven patients diagnosed with 5 different supratentorial tumors. MR imaging was done at five intervals between 5 min and 6 h. The change in zone of enhancement was measured for each time point, and a linear measurement was made of the furthest dispersion of contrast from the original volume of enhancement. An increase in the zone of enhancement over time was seen for all tumors; the average increase in volume of contrast was 14.76 ± 3.35 cm3 (mean ± standard deviation). The largest changes in the zone of contrast enhancement, 18.6 ± 4.63 cm3, were seen in glioblastoma multiforme. The expansion of contrast enhancement assumed the morphology of the surrounding edema. The dispersion of Gd-DTPA over time into the zone of peritumoral edema is a potential source of error in clinical settings when there is a delay between Gd-DTPA injection and scanning.
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This work was supported by the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Summer Student Fellowship Program from the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute for the second author.
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Pronin, I.N., McManus, K.A., Holodny, A.I. et al. Quantification of dispersion of Gd-DTPA from the initial area of enhancement into the peritumoral zone of edema in brain tumors. J Neurooncol 94, 399–408 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-009-9872-x
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