title: The magnetic resonance spectroscopy findings of extrapontine myelinolysis in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
abstract: The magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy findings of extrapontine myelinolysis have been rarely reported. Herein, we present MR spectroscopy findings as well as the conventional MR and diffusion MR findings of an acute lymphoblastic leukemia patient with extrapontine myelinolysis. Advanced MR imaging including diffusion-weighted imaging and MR spectroscopy may be helpful to exclude other pathologies in the differential diagnosis and make the diagnosis when there is a diagnostic difficulty on cases clinically suspicious for extrapontine myelinolysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Baskent University, Faculty of Medicine, Bahcelievler, 06490 Ankara, Turkey. hul_yaaslan@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Hulya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aslan
authors.forename: Fuldem Y
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Donmez
authors.forename: O Koray
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Hekimoglu
authors.forename: Huseyin G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Tore
mesh_terms: D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D002794:Choline / Q000378:metabolism; D003401:Creatine / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D017590:Myelinolysis, Central Pontine / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D001224:Aspartic Acid; C000179:N-acetylaspartate; D003401:Creatine; D002794:Choline