CT detection of basal ganglion lesions in neurofibromatosis type 1: correlation with MRI.
Prospective study of CT and MRI in 41 consecutive children with suspected type 1 neurofibromatosis revealed basal ganglion lesions on T2-weighted spin echo images in 22 cases (54%) and on CT in only 7 of those (32%). T2-weighted spin-echo MRI also revealed multiple signal changes in the supra- and infratentorial white matter and brain stem that went completely unnoticed on CT.
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Department of Diagnostic Radiology, La Fe Children's Hospital, Valencia, Spain.
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D000293:Adolescent; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005917:Globus Pallidus / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed