Cerebral toxoplasmosis and lymphoma in AIDS: perfusion MR imaging experience in 13 patients.
- 1 September 1998
- journal article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 208 (3) , 663-669
- https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.208.3.9722843
Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate the perfusion magnetic resonance (MR) imaging characteristics of cerebral toxoplasmosis and lymphoma in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Perfusion MR imaging was performed prospectively in 13 patients with AIDS who had contrast material-enhancing focal brain lesions (six with active lymphoma, five with toxoplasmosis, one with treated lymphoma in remission, and one with toxoplasmosis plus lymphomatoid granulomatosis). Regional cerebral blood volume (rCBV) was determined by using dynamic echo-planar MR imaging during bolus injection of a gadolinium chelate. RESULTS: The rCBV was decreased (44% +/- 24 [standard deviation] of rCBV in the contralateral regions) throughout the toxoplasmosis lesions and in the surrounding edema of both lesion types, whereas all active lymphomas displayed areas of increased rCBV (258% +/- 99). These differences were significant (P < .005). CONCLUSION: Reduced rCBV i toxoplasmosis lesions is probably due to a lack...Keywords
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