Abstract
We report in vivo proton magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopic findings in three benign infective/inflammatory lesions (one case each of tuberculoma, fungal granuloma, and xanthogranuloma), which showed high choline along with the presence of lipid/lactate, a feature characteristically described in neoplastic lesions. Histopathology of the lesions showed inflammatory cellular infiltrates with areas of necrosis/caseation. The spectroscopic-visible increased choline resonance in these lesions is probably the result of cellularity. We conclude that increased choline, along with the presence of lipid/lactate is a nonspecific finding and may not be of much value in the differentiation of neoplastic from nonneoplastic infective/inflammatory intracranial mass lesions.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 8-15 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2001 |
Keywords
- Brain
- Fungal granuloma
- MR spectroscopy
- Tuberculoma
- Xanthogranuloma
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging