Perfusion characteristics of seven patients with gliomatosis cerebri
Patient No./Age (y)/Sex | rCBV* | Location | Clinical Presentation |
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1/11/M | 0.92 ± 0.66 | Left hemisphere, extension into right thalamus | Headache |
2/18/F | 1.17 ± 0.43 | Right temporoparietal lobes | Headache |
3/21/F | 0.75 ± 0.15 | Bilateral centrum semiovale and periventricular white matter; bilateral thalami; bilateral cerebellar hemispheres and brain stem | Headache, ataxia, cranial nerve disturbances |
4/27/M | 1.26 ± 0.29 | Left frontoparietal lobe and centrum semiovale | Paresthesia |
5/35/F | 0.87 ± 0.37 | Left frontal lobe, extension into corpus callosum and right frontal lobe | Headache, memory deficits, visual disturbance |
6/42/M | 1.09 ± 0.39 | Right hemisphere involving basal ganglia, frontal lobe and thalamus, extension into contralateral basal ganglia | Fatigue, headache, memory deficits |
7/75M | 1.09 ± 0.35 | Right hemisphere white matter, involvement of bilateral thalami, cerebral peduncles, pons, cerebellar peduncles | Mood disturbance, gait disturbance |
* Date are the mean ± SD. Overall mean was 1.02 ± 0.42.