Table 1 Distribution of final diagnosis among studied patients based on pathological diagnosis or clinical-laboratory diagnosis and follow-up imaging
From: Magnetic resonance spectroscopy in pediatric brain tumors: how to make a more confident diagnosis
| Method of final diagnosis | N = 30 |
|---|---|
| Histopathology | 26 (86.7%) |
| High-grade astrocytoma | 4 (13.3%) |
| Low-grade astrocytoma | 7 (23.3%) |
| Medulloblastoma | 2 (6.7%) |
| Ependymoma | 2 (6.7%) |
| Anaplastic ependymoma | 2 (6.7%) |
| PXA | 2 (6.7%) |
| Brain abscess | 2 (6.7%) |
| Choroid plexus carcinoma | 1 (3.3%) |
| Metastatic lesion | 1 (3.3%) |
| Recurrence of GBM | 1 (3.3%) |
| DNET | 1 (3.3%) |
| PNET | 1 (3.3%) |
| Clinical with laboratory diagnosis | 4 (13.3%) |
| Brainstem glioma | 2 (6.7%) |
| Multiple sclerosis | 1 (3.3%) |
| ADEM | 1 (3.3%) |
| Total | 30 |