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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-2102
    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter Kontrastmittel ; Hochdosis ; Metastasen ; Gliome ; MRT ; Key words Contrast agents ; High-dose study ; Cerebral metastases ; Glioma ; MRI
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Summary In analogy with high-dose contrast-enhanced CT, there have been a few studies during recent years that have dealt with high-dose paramagnetic contrast dyes in MRI. One reason for these studies was the development of new and low-osmolar contrast agents in the MR field. Depending on the clinical problem, a high-dose contrast study in MRI is rarely indicated: (1) in metastatic disease, MR imaging with high-dose contrast material is indicated when the standard dose study is negative or only shows a solitary cerebral lesion or a number of lesions just suitable for radiosurgery; (2) in patients with malignant glioma the high-dose study allows better definition of the tumor margins. If a radical surgical approach is planned, the diagnostic potential should be fully used; if only a biopsy or subtotal debulking is planned, a standard dose study is enough. (3) in patients with MS, a high-dose study is only recommended within therapeutic trials in which the number of active plaques is a primary variable.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung In Analogie zu Erfahrungen mit der Hochdosiskontrastverstärkung in der CT wurden in den letzten Jahren Untersuchungen zur höheren Dosierung der paramagnetischen Kontrastmittel in der MRT gemacht. Dabei spielte auch auf dem MR-Sektor die Entwicklung von niedrig osmolaren Kontrastmitteln eine Rolle. In Abhängigkeit von der konkreten Fragestellung ist die Hochdosis-KM Gabe im kranialen MRT derzeit nur selten indiziert: 1. Zeigt das MR nach der KM-Standarddosis nur eine singuläre intrazerebrale Metastase oder aber eine Anzahl von Metastasen, bei der die Radiochirurgie gerade noch indiziert ist, ist eine zweite MR-Untersuchung mit einer Gesamtdosis von 0,3 mmol/kg KG zu empfehlen. Dies gilt auch, wenn unter der Standarddosis keine zerebrale Metastase bei malignem Grundleiden sichtbar ist. 2. Bei malignen hirneigenen Tumoren ermöglicht die Hochdosis-KM-Gabe eine bessere Definition der Tumorgrenzen. Wenn eine radikale Operation möglich erscheint, sollten die diagnostischen Möglichkeiten voll ausgeschöpft werden. Ist nur eine Biopsie oder eine subtotale Operation geplant, ist die Standarddosis ausreichend. 3. Bei der multiplen Sklerose ist die Hochdosis KM-Gabe nur in Therapiestudien indiziert, wenn eine der Zielvariablen die Anzahl der aktiven Plaques ist.
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  • 2
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    Der Radiologe 37 (1997), S. 42-50 
    ISSN: 1432-2102
    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter Primäre maligne Hirnlymphome ; CT ; MRT ; Differentialdiagnose ; Key words Primary malignant lymphoma of the brain ; CT ; MRI ; Differential diagnosis
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Summary Primary malignant lymphoma of the brain is a disease of unknown etiology, which is increasing in incidence and has an unfavorable prognosis. Despite the lack of specific changes on CT or MRI in most cases, these procedures may typically facilitate the diagnosis: a focal-enhancing mass with subependymal spread on CT or MRI and hyperattenuation on nonenhanced CT are the most reliable features in the diagnosis of primary malignant lymphoma of the brain. Peritumoral edema and mass effect are usually not prominent features. On unenhanced CT scans they usually appear homogeneously isodense to mildly hyperdense relative to the gray matter. On MRI these tumors are slightly hypointense on T1-weighted images and slightly hyperintense on PD- and T2-weighted images relative to the gray matter. On CT and MRI enhancement is usually homogeneous. Contrast-enhanced MRI, with its multiplanar capability, lack of bone-induced artifacts, and high-contrast resolution, is likely to reveal subependymal spread and meningeal involvement that have escaped detection by CT. Because there are no specific features on CT or MRI in most cases, patients who are suspected of having primary malignant lymphoma of the brain should immediately undergo biopsy and, if the diagnosis is confirmed, whole-brain radiation therapy. With early diagnosis and treatment, these patients benefit from radiation therapy.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Die primären Hirnlymphome sind eine Erkrankung mit zunehmender Häufigkeit, ungeklärter Ätiologie, und – obwohl meist strahlensensibel und chemotherapeutisch gut beeinflußbar – letztlich infauster Prognose. CT und MRT spielen in der Primärdiagnostik eine entscheidende Rolle, da durch das meist zwar nicht spezifische, aber typische Erscheinungsbild die Diagnose eines primären Hirnlymphoms wahrscheinlich gemacht werden kann. So ist beim Vorliegen einer periventrikulären Raumforderung, die im Nativ-CT hyperdens ist, die Kontrastmittel aufnimmt und die eine subependymale KM-Anreicherung zeigt, ein primäres zerebrales Lymphom die wahrscheinlichste Diagnose. Computertomographisch sind die primären Hirnlymphome im Nativ-Bild meist hyperdens, haben relativ geringes perifokales Ödem und wirken wenig raumfordernd. Magnetresonanztomographisch sind sie auf T1-gewichtetenAufnahmen hypointens zum Marklager und auf PD- und T2-gewichteten Aufnahmen iso- oder gering hyperintens zur grauen Substanz. Nach Kontrastmittelgabe reichern sie typischerweise homogen an. Mit der MRT können typische Veränderungen wie subependymale Ausbreitung, meningeale Beteiligung und Manifestation in der hinteren Schädelgrube besser als mit der CT nachgewiesen werden. Da die morphologischen Kriterien nicht spezifisch sind, sollte zur Diagnosesicherung biopsiert werden, damit frühzeitig eine Strahlentherapie durchgeführt werden kann, die zu einer signifikanten Verlängerung der Lebenserwartung führt.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 0021-9541
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: The binding of iodinated basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) to low-density heparan sulfate proteoglycan purified from the Engelbreth Holm Swarm (EHS) sarcoma was investigated using different techniques. The tumor clearly contained bFGF, the level being comparable to that found in other tissues such as human or bovine brain. 125I bFGF strongly bound to the basement membrane-like matrix of EHS frozen sections as revealed by autoradiography. Iodinated bFGF bound to purified heparan sulfate proteoglycan but not to laminin or collagen type IV, three components isolated from the same tumor. In contrast, acidic fibroblast growth factor (aFGF) displayed negligible binding to heparan sulfate proteoglycan. Binding of bFGF to frozen sections and to purified proteoglycan could be strongly inhibited by heparin and was displaced by an excess of unlabeled factor and completely suppressed after heparitinase and heparinase treatments. Binding was a function of the salt concentration and was abolished at 0.6 M NaCl. Scatchard analysis indicated the affinity site had a Kd of about 30 nM, a value 10-15 higher than that recently reported by Moscatelli (J. Cell. Physiol., 131:123-130, 1987) in the case of the low-affinity binding sites present on the surface of baby hamster kidney (BHK) cells.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 0021-9541
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: The human omentum contains a potent, not yet identified angiogenic activity. The omentum is very vascularized. Therefore, we investigated whether human omental microvascular endothelial cells (HOME cells) express the angiogenic peptide basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF). Cytosol prepared from HOME cells stimulated DNA synthesis in bovine epithelial lens cells (BEL cells). The mitogenic activity could be neutralized by an anti-bFGF antibody. Basic FGF-like material from the HOME cell cytosol was bound onto a heparin-Sepharose column at 0.6 M and was eluted at 3 M NaCl. The 3 M NaCl eluted material reacted with the specific anti-bFGF antibody in an ELISA and stimulated DNA synthesis. It did not react with a specific anti-acidic fibroblast growth factor (aFGF) antibody. Western blotting experiments using the same bFGF antibody showed the presence of a major band of 17 Kd and a doublet of 20-22 Kd. Northern blotting of nonstimulated HOME cells using a specific 1.4 kb bFGF probe showed the presence of 5 molecular species of 6.6, 3.7, 2.2, 2.0, and 1.0kb. No aFGF mRNA was detected with a specific previously characterized 4.04 kb probe. 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA) did not influence significantly the expression of bFGF at the protein and mRNA level in HOME cells. Thus, protein kinase C activation by TPA did not appear to modulate significantly the expression of bFGF for that cell type. Contrastingly, human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVE cells), which expressed no bFGF and aFGF mRNA at a basal level, were induced to express bFGF but not aFGF mRNA when stimulated by TPA. These results suggest that the described angiogenic activity could be the bFGF-like mitogen contained in HOME cells and that these cells are different from endothelial cells derived from large vessels (HUVE cells) regarding the expression of bFGF.
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