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A correlative study of clinical-pathologic characteristics of human brain tumors and blood brain barrier (BBB) permeability evaluated with Ga-68 EDTA and positron emission tomography

Conference · · J. Nucl. Med.; (United States)
OSTI ID:7064642
The authors investigated the relationship between quantitative estimates of BBB permeability and the clinical and pathologic characteristics of human brain tumors. BBB permeability in 12 patients with either primary (4) or metastatic (8) brain tumors were studied with Ga-68 EDTA and PET with a two compartment model. The clinical and pathologic characteristics of the tumors were reviewed retrospectively. PET estimates of the transfer constant K/sub 1/ (ml/min/gm) paralleled the X-ray CT evidence of BBB disruption. Biopsies of four patients provided histologic support for the presumed pathophysiologic mechanism of BBB disruption, in the degree of alteration of brain vascularity and cellular architecture. For example, a patient with a hemorrhagic melanoma and a K/sub 1/ = 0.0049 ml/min/gm had gross hemorrhage, little recognizeable brain tissue and evidence of neovascularization on biopsy.
Research Organization:
UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
OSTI ID:
7064642
Report Number(s):
CONF-850611-
Conference Information:
Journal Name: J. Nucl. Med.; (United States) Journal Volume: 26:5
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English