Edema is not a reliable diagnostic sign to exclude small brain metastases.

No prior systematic study on the extent of vasogenic edema (VE) in patients with brain metastases (BM) exists. Here, we aim to determine 1) the general volumetric relationship between BM and VE, 2) a threshold diameter above which a BM shows VE, and 3) the influence of the primary tumor and location...

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Main Authors: Tanja Schneider, Jan Felix Kuhne, Paul Bittrich, Julian Schroeder, Tim Magnus, Malte Mohme, Malte Grosser, Gerhard Schoen, Jens Fiehler, Susanne Siemonsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5426632?pdf=render