title: MR spectroscopy in a cervical abscess.
abstract: MR spectroscopy (MRS) has been used to analyse noninvasively tissues at a molecular level. Hydrogen and phosphorus MRS have been used for characterisation of intracranial solid and cystic masses, gynaecological tumours and lymph nodes. We report a cystic, tick-walled mass in the soft tissues of the neck. Single-voxel proton MRS revealed a prominent acetate peak at 1.92 ppm and a diagnosis of abscess was suggested. At operation a pyogenic neck abscess was confirmed, with culture of the pus.
authors.affiliation: 15 sokak 37/10, Bahçelievler, Ankara, Turkey. drtubakendi@yahoo.com
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kendi
authors.forename: O K
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Arikan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Koç
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006859:Hydrogen; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D010758:Phosphorus; D018461:Soft Tissue Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D010758:Phosphorus; D006859:Hydrogen