Nosheen Ahmad, Asim Shaukat, Amna Rehan, Shamoona Rashid.
Diagnostic Accuracy of Perfusion Computed Tomography in Cerebral Glioma Grading.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak Jan ;26(7):562-5.

Objective: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of perfusion computed tomography (PCT) in the grading of cerebral glioma. Study Design: Cross-sectional analytical study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Radiology, Allied Hospital, Faisalabad, from January to June 2014. Methodology: All the patients with untreated glioma had an initial non-contrast head CT and then PCT using 128 multidetector CT scanner. Perfusion maps of permeability surface (PS) and cerebral blood volume (CBV) were generated and measured. As control, a second volume of interest was placed in the contralateral healthy cortex. PCT parameters were compared with World Health Organization (WHO) glioma grades. Results: Fifty patients of 30 - 70 years of age of both genders (mean 45.13 ±5.54), 31 (62%) males and 19 (38%) females were studied. These patients were classified as low-grade glioma group (22 patients) and high-grade glioma group (28 patients). PS showed the sensitivity of 95.45%, specificity of 92.86% and diagnostic accuracy of 94% in differentiating the low-grade and high-grade glioma by using a cut-off value of 3.6 ml/100 g/minute. By using a cut-off value of CBV of 2.08 (ml/100 g) among low-grade and high-grade glioma group, CBV showed the sensitivity of 77.3%, specificity of 89.3%, and diagnostic accuracy of 84%. Conclusion: The derived parameters (PS and CBV) correlate well with tumor histopathology, differentiating low-grade from high-grade gliomas. PS showed better accuracy for glioma grading.

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