Mutations in isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) play an increasing role in clinical assessment of human gliomas and determination of treatment. The performance of Chemical Shift Imaging (CSI) to detect 2-hydroxyglutarate (2HG) in mutant-IDH gliomas was assessed in the routine clinical environment. Specificity of 80% and sensitivity of 63% was achieved in a cohort of 15 patients scanned with the technique at 3T. Greater sensitivity, through longer acqusition or more sensitive equipment could result in reliable non-invasive detection of this putative biomarker present in a majority of Grade II/III gliomas.
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