Table 3.
Correlation between qualitative MET-PET data and MRI data
| MRI Data | Visual Methionine Uptake |
Total | P* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Moderate Increase | Marked Increase | |||
| Total | 9 | 23 | 20 | 52 | − |
| Tumor size, mm (mean ± SD) | 28.8 (12.9) | 31 (16.3) | 40.1 (22.2) | 34.1 (18.6) | .404 |
| Location, n (%) | |||||
| Mesial Temporal lobe | 5 (55) | 8 (35) | 4 (20) | 17 (33) | .157 |
| Other | 4 (45) | 15 (65) | 16 (80) | 35 (67) | |
| Bone deformation, n (%) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 (6) | .386 |
| Gadolinium enhancement, n (%) | |||||
| + | 0 | 7 (33) | 5 (28) | 12 (25) | .124 |
| − | 9 (100) | 14 (67) | 13 (72) | 36 (75) | |
*Fisher exact probability test or the Mann–Whitney test.