Proton MR spectroscopy in a possible enhancing hamartoma in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1.
A patient with neurofibromatosis type 1 was found to have an enhancing lesion in the cerebellum. Proton MR spectroscopy was performed and showed findings similar to those seen in healthy volunteers. A 3-year follow-up MR study showed the lesion was unchanged. Proton MR spectroscopy might prove useful in the diagnosis of hamartomas.
Castillo
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Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill 27599-7510, USA.
Kwock
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L
Green
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C
Schiro
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S
Wilson
J D
JD
Greenwood
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R
D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000175:diagnosis*