Multimodal magnetic resonance imaging and 18F-L-dihydroxyphenylalanine positron emission tomography in early characterization of pseudoresponse and nonenhancing tumor progression in a pediatric patient with malignant transformation of ganglioglioma treated with bevacizumab

J Clin Oncol. 2013 Jan 1;31(1):e1-5. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2012.43.6113. Epub 2012 Nov 19.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Bevacizumab
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Brain Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / drug effects*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Dacarbazine / administration & dosage
  • Dacarbazine / analogs & derivatives
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Disease Progression
  • Female
  • Fluorine Radioisotopes
  • Ganglioglioma / diagnosis*
  • Ganglioglioma / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Prognosis
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Temozolomide

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Fluorine Radioisotopes
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Bevacizumab
  • 5-fluorodopa
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine
  • Dacarbazine
  • Temozolomide