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Repeat thallium-201 SPECT in cerebral lymphoma
F Borggreve1, R A Dierckx, R Crols
1Department of Neurology, Middelheim General Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.
Functional Neurology
|March 1, 1993
Abstract:
The authors report on the contribution of Thallium-201 brain SPECT in the diagnosis and follow-up of a non-immunosuppressed patient, presenting with primary cerebral lymphoma. The tumoral process was at first not diagnosed on CT-scan, but Thallium-201 SPECT suggested a tumoral invasion. During corticosteroid treatment the tumor volume on CT-scan decreased, while on Thallium-201 SPECT there was an enhancement of the accumulation and an increasing tumor to non-tumor ratio. These scintigraphical findings more closely reflected the clinical course and the postmortem results.