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Abstract #4391

Peritumoral Myelin Imaging In Low-Grade Astrocytomas

Hagen H Kitzler 1 , Hannes Wahl 1 , Tareq Yuratli 2 , and Matthias Meinhardt 3

1 Neuroradiology, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Dresden, SN, Germany, 2 Neurosurgery, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Dresden, SN, Germany, 3 Neuropathology, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Dresden, SN, Germany

We used the whole-brain relaxation method Multi-component Driven Equilibrium Single Pulse Observation of T1 and T2 (mcDESPOT) to retrieve myelination information in astrocytic low-grade brain tumors and their adjacent peritumoral tissue. Little is known about the peritumoral white matter change although specific tissue changes altering the peritumoral tissue composition may precede the invasion. This feasibility study demonstrates subtle peritumoral myelin loss measurable with myelin imaging.

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