Surgicel is a bioabsorbable topical haemostatic agent used to control bleeding in surgical procedures. How to differentiate its signal from Haemoglobin degradation products?.

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(Surgicel)(Surgicel)
26 y.o. patient26 y.o. patient
with infiltrativewith infiltrative
primary CNSprimary CNS
tumor (waiting fortumor (waiting for
biopsy results).biopsy results).
Postsurgical MRIPostsurgical MRI
after 3 days.after 3 days.
Initial Diagnostic MRIInitial Diagnostic MRI
TSE T1 GE T2
TSTIR B50
B500
B1000 ADC
Surgicel is a bioabsorbable topical haemostatic agent used to control
bleeding in surgical procedures. How to differentiate its signal from
Haemoglobin degradation products?
SurgicelSurgicel
HemoglobinHemoglobin
ProductsProducts
FLAIR
TumorTumor