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Figure 1. A 47-year-old female patient (patient no.1) suffering from glioblastoma in the left frontal lobe presented 2 weeks after partial tumour resection. (a) The T1 weighted MR scan shows slight contrast media accumulations around the resection area. (b) Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scan and (c) fused image demonstrate a high tracer uptake around the resection defect. (d) The control SPECT study following application of 40 Gy shows a reduction of the intratumoural 123I-methyltyrosine (IMT) uptake, as compared with the baseline study. The control investigation 7 months after completing the therapy (c) demonstrates no further changes of the tracer uptake in the lesion. In the follow up of 34 months, the patient was only slightly hindered by the tumour.
