title: Proton MR spectroscopy in a possible enhancing hamartoma in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill 27599-7510, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kwock
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schiro
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Greenwood
mesh_terms: 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*