Incremental diagnostic value of microstructural time-dependent diffusion MRI in differentiating PCNSL from glioblastoma over conventional MRI.

Advanced MRI can distinguish two serious brain tumors without biopsy, potentially sparing patients an invasive procedure.

Microstructural time-dependent diffusion MRI provides incremental diagnostic value over conventional MRI for distinguishing primary CNS lymphoma from glioblastoma, offering a non-invasive imaging biomarker that could reduce need for stereotactic biopsy in challenging CNS mass presentations.

What the study was

Study design

retrospective_cohort

Category

hematologic_malignancies

Maturity

clinical

Journal

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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