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Introduction: Neurofibromatosis type-1 is a genetically transmitted neuro cutaneous syndrome. ADC technique is one of the accepted diagnostic techniques in understanding the microstructural anomalies of the NF-1 disease. In this study, our aim was to evaluate the lesions of NF-1 diagnosed child patients, who underwent to brain MRI, with the use of the ADC valued imaging technique.
Material and Method: Diffusion weighted images and conventional sequences of children, who have been monitored with NF-1 diagnosis in our clinic and underwent brain MRI between 2010 January and 2015 June, were evaluated. Totally 89 lesions of 53 patients (21 women, 32 men), (age: 9,75±4.05) were investigated. 24 healthy volunteers were also added to the study. Lesions were investigated by dividing into four groups according to their locations and the mean ADC value was measured for each group. The locations of the lesions were determined as dentate nucleus, thalamus, basal ganglions and brain stem.
Results: The number of the lesions were 32 in the dentate nucleus, 34 in the basal ganglion level, 10 in the brain stem and 13 in the thalamus. The mean ADC values of undefined bright objects (UBOs) located at the dentate nucleus, thalamus, basal ganglions and brain stem were higher than the control group. The ones with the highest ADC values were in the basal ganglion level, and the ones with the lowest ADC values were in the thalamus. The lesions with the highest lesion diameter were in the thalamus (9,17 ±0,47mm) and the smallest ones were in the brainstem (6.5±0.56mm). There was a statistically significant difference between the ADC values of UBOs located at the supra (n=47) and infratentorial (n=42) regions.
Discussion: Determination of the mean ADC values according to the localizations will contribute to other studies which will done with diffusion technique.in NF-1 patients.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
Türkçe
Konular
Klinik Tıp Bilimleri
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
18 Aralık 2017
Gönderilme Tarihi
24 Kasım 2017
Kabul Tarihi
5 Aralık 2017
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2017 Cilt: 1 Sayı: 3
