Radiology, Vol 146, 681-686, Copyright © 1983 by Radiological Society of North America
Combined computed tomographic and radionuclide imaging in the long-term follow-up of children with primary intra-axial intracranial neoplasms
JH Miller, ME Weinblatt, JC Smith, LS Fishman, HD Segall and JA Ortega
Radionuclide and computed tomographic (CT) scanning was performed for the
long-term follow-up of 63 patients who had been treated for primary
intracranial central nervous system tumors. This group included 23 children
with supratentorial lesions and 40 with infratentorial lesions. The results
of imaging were correlated with clinical assessment and the results of
cytologic evaluation of the cerebrospinal fluid and, when available,
surgical or autopsy findings. The sensitivity, specificity, and positive
predictive value of both CT and radionuclide scanning were evaluated for
each type of tumor. These two modalities play a complementary role in the
long-term follow-up of children with primary intra-axial neoplasms.
