Inclusion or exclusion of intratumoral vessels in relative cerebral blood volume characterization in low-grade gliomas: does it make a difference?

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2008 Jun;29(6):1140-1. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A0993. Epub 2008 Apr 3.

Abstract

We assessed the influence of inclusion (method 1) and exclusion (method 2) of intratumoral vessels when determining maximum relative cerebral blood volume (rCBVmax) in 3 types of low-grade gliomas (LGGs): astrocytomas, oligoastrocytomas, and oligodendrogliomas. Method 1 yielded significantly higher mean rCBVmax than method 2. However, only method 2 demonstrated a significant (P = .026) association between rCBVmax and membership of a differently ranked histologic category. Exclusion of intratumoral vessels appears, therefore, preferable when determining rCBVmax in LGGs.

MeSH terms

  • Blood Volume*
  • Brain Neoplasms / blood supply*
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Cerebrovascular Circulation
  • Glioma / blood supply*
  • Glioma / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic / pathology*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity