Cerebrospinal fluid: detection of tumors and disk herniations with MR spectroscopy.
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from 84 patients with confirmed or suspected diseases of the central nervous system were studied with hydrogen-1 magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy. In 19 of the patients, clinical chemical tests of the CSF indicated normal protein contents and normal quantities of cells; these samples were used as controls. Preliminary results indicate that tumors may be reflected in the MR spectra of CSF; disk herniations could not be distinguished on the basis of the MR spectral characteristics.
Koschorek
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Department of Radiology, University of Kiel, Federal Republic of Germany.
Gremmel
H
H
Stelten
J
J
Offermann
W
W
Leibfritz
D
D
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy