MAGNETIZATION-TRANSFER IMAGING IN PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY

Authors
KASNER SE GALETTA SL MCGOWAN JC GROSSMAN RI
Citation
Se. Kasner et al., MAGNETIZATION-TRANSFER IMAGING IN PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, Neurology, 48(2), 1997, pp. 534-536
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
48
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
534 - 536
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1997)48:2<534:MIIPML>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We report a patient with biopsy-proven progressive multifocal leukoenc ephalopathy (PML) who was serially imaged with MRI and magnetization t ransfer imaging. The magnetization transfer ratio (MTR) was profoundly and significantly diminished when compared with normal control subjec ts. The pattern of MTR was distinct from that of MS and periventricula r ischemic white matter disease. Magnetization transfer imaging techni ques may aid in the differential diagnosis of PML.