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To the Editor: The recent report of an astrocytoma following the pyramidal tract (Dec. 7 issue)¹ was quite interesting. We report on the use of fludeoxyglucose F18 positron-emission tomography (PET) in the evaluation of a patient with an astrocytoma.

The patient was a 32-year-old woman whose left frontotemporal tumor was diagnosed by biopsy in 1996. After radiation therapy, the volume of the tumor increased and the tumor was excised stereotactically. Histologic examination of the tumor revealed it to be a grade II astrocytoma with partially anaplastic grade III areas.

In 2000, the patient presented with an epileptic seizure, left-sided hypesthesia . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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