Detection of multiple intracranial hemorrhages in a child with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) by susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI).
Susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI) combines magnitude and phase information from a high-resolution, fully velocity compensated, three-dimensional (3D) gradient echo sequence. We report on the use of this MRI technique in a young patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) and demonstrate a higher detection rate of hemorrhagic lesion in comparison with other T2*-weighted sequences.
Petra E
PE
Kullnig
Alexander
A
Rauscher
Stephan
S
Witoszynskyj
Andreas
A
Deistung
Karim
K
Kentouche
Juergen R
JR
Reichenbach
Hans Joachim
HJ
Mentzel
Werner Alois
WA
Kaiser
3D, three-dimensional; ALL, acute lymphocytic leukemia; FoV, field of view; GRE, gradient-echo; GRE-EPI, gradient-echo single-shot echo-planar imaging; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; SWI, susceptibility-weighted imaging; T1W, T1-weighted; T2W, T2-weighted