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cathyroe

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Anyone know what this means?
« on: March 13, 2015, 05:52:10 am »
Hi AN pals,
I just got my 6 month MRI letter from Dr. Lunsford that says " there is some evidence of loss of central contrast enhancement ". Anyone know what that means? Dare I hope it could mean necrosis?
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11/02/12  Diagnosed with AN  11mm X 5mm
05/29/13  MRI reports no change, stable
11/20/13  MRI reports 13mm X 7mm X5mm
5/20/14 MRI reports 14mm x 8 mm x 6 mm
7/29/14 GK at UPMC Lunsford. Now a Postie Toastie
1/14/15 Six Month MRI growth. 16mm X 8 mm
11/09/15  16 mm X 9 mm
9/15/16   17 mm x 11 mm x 8

jsanders1379

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Re: Anyone know what this means?
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2015, 11:28:32 am »
yes! that's usually what it means...
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SueLL

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Re: Anyone know what this means?
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2015, 11:38:38 am »
Cathy - My letter had similar results.  I googled and found a few mentions of the term:

From a paper co-authored by Dr L:

"Central necrosis (defined as loss of central contrast enhancement) was observed in one tumor."

from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19980715)83:2%3C344::AID-CNCR19%3E3.0.CO;2-T/full

Another said: "By MRI, there was central loss of contrast - an early sign of success in treating acoustic neuromas."

from http://anworld.com/newbies/LedermanPapers.html
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