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Table 2 Conventional MRI findings of the all studied lesions

From: The diagnostic value of MR spectroscopy versus DWI-MRI in therapeutic planning of suspicious multi-centric cerebral lesions

No

Texture (uniform/heterogen.)

Edema degree

Mass effect

Enhancing pattern

MRI diagnosis

Final diagnosis

37

9/28

II-III

+++ve

15 ring, 19 nodular

29 Metast. 5 HGG

Metast.

16

16 heterogen.

II-III

+++ve

16 heterogen.

11 HGG, 5 metastatic

GBM

10

6/4

I-II

++ve

6 non/2 ring, 2 nodular

9 MS, 1 neoplasm

MS

7

7 heterogen.

I-II

++ve

5 hetrogen. 2 nodular

6 Post-irrad, 1 Recur

Post-rad.

6

5/1

I

+ve

4 ring, 2 non

4 Lymph. 2 metast

Lymph.

7

7

I-II

++ve

6 non, 1 hetrog.

5 infarcts 2 ?neoplasm

Infarcts

6

6 heterogen.

II-III

+++ve

2 ring/5 heterogen.

Neoplastic?hgg/?metas

A.astrocyt

4

Non-homogonous

I-II

++ve

2 ring/nodul.

2 abscess, 2 neoplastic

Abscess

3

Non-homogonous

I

+ve

3 ring

3 T.B.

T.B.

2

Non-homogonous

I-II

++ve

2 patchy

2 Enceph.

Encephal.

2

Non-homogonous

I-II

++ve

2 patchy

?Inflamm ?neoplastic

Vacultitis