Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging detects abnormalities in normal-appearing frontal lobe of patients with sturge-weber syndrome

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 306-313

  Batista, Carlos E A ^a   Chugani, Harry T ^a   Hu, Jiani ^a   Haacke, E Mark ^a   Behen, Michael E ^a   Helder, Emily J ^a   Juhász, Csaba ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Frontal lobe; Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging; Motor function; N acetyl aspartate; Seizures onset; Sturge Weber syndrome

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME;

ASPARTIC ACID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLINE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME;

EID: 51349134560     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2007.00207.x     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Bebin EM, Gomez MR. Prognosis in Sturge-Weber disease: comparison of unihemispheric and bihemispheric involvement. J Child Neurol 1988 3 : 181 184.
2. Thomas-Sohl KA, Vaslow DF, Maria BL. Sturge -Weber syndrome: a review. Pediatr Neurol 2004 30 : 303 310.
3. Roach ES. Neurocutaneous syndromes. Pediatr Clin North Am 1992 39 : 591 620.
4. Dilber C, Tasdemir HA, Dagdemir A, Incesu L, Odaci E. Sturge-Weber syndrome involved frontoparietal region without facial nevus. Pediatr Neurol 2002 26 : 387 390.
5. Marti-Bonmati L, Menor F, Mulas F. The Sturge-Weber syndrome: correlation between the clinical status and radiological CT and MRI findings. Childs Nerv Syst 1993 9 : 107 109.
6. Chugani HT, Mazziotta JC, Phelps ME. Sturge-Weber syndrome: a study of cerebral glucose utilization with positron emission tomography. J Pediatr 1989 114 : 244 253.
7. Lee JS, Asano E, Muzik O, Chugani DC, Juhasz C, Pfund Z, Philip S, Behen M, Chugani HT. Sturge-Weber syndrome: correlation between clinical course and FDG PET findings. Neurology 2001 57 : 189 195.
8. Rudkin TM, Arnold DL. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy for the diagnosis and management of cerebral disorders. Arch Neurol 1999 56 : 919 926.
9. Moore GJ, Slovis TL, Chugani HT. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in children with Sturge-Weber syndrome. J Child Neurol 1998 13 : 332 335.
10. Lin DD, Barker PB, Hatfield LA, Comi AM. Dynamic MR perfusion and proton MR spectroscopic imaging in Sturge-Weber syndrome: correlation with neurological symptoms. J Magn Reson Imaging 2006 24 : 274 281.
11. Cakirer S, Yagmurlu B, Savas MR. Sturge-Weber syndrome: diffusion magnetic resonance imaging and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy findings. Acta Radiol 2005 46 : 407 410.
12. Sijens PE, Gieteling EW, Meiners LC, Sival DA, Potze JH, Irwan R, Oudkerk M. Diffusion tensor imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the brain in a patient with Sturge-Weber syndrome. Acta Radiol 2006 47 : 972 976.
13. Lin DD, Barker PB, Kraut MA, Comi A. Early characteristics of Sturge-Weber syndrome shown by perfusion MR imaging and proton MR spectroscopic imaging. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2003 24 : 1912 1915.
14. Kuhn B, Dreher W, Norris DG, Leibfritz D. Fast proton spectroscopic imaging employing k-space weighting achieved by variable repetition times. Magn Reson Med 1996 35 : 457 464.
15. Maudsley A, Matson GB, Hugg JW, Weiner MW. Reduced phase encoding in spectroscopic imaging. Magn Reson Med 1994 31 : 645 651.
16. Horska A, Kaufmann WE, Brant LJ, Naidu S, Harris JC, Barker PB. In vivo quantitative proton MRSI study of brain development from childhood to adolescence. J Magn Reson Imaging 2002 15 : 137 143.
17. Nagae-Poetscher LM, Bonekamp D, Barker PB, Brant LJ, Kaufmann WE, Horska A. Asymmetry and gender effect in functionally lateralized cortical regions: a proton MRS imaging study. J Magn Reson Imaging 2004 19 : 27 33.
18. Bonavita S, Di Salle F, Tedeschi G. Proton MRS in neurological disorders. Eur J Radiol 1999 30 : 125 131.
19. Batista CEA, Juhasz C, Muzik O, Chugani DC, Chugani HT. Increased visual cortex glucose metabolism contralateral to the angioma in children with Sturge-Weber syndrome. Dev Med Child Neurol 2007 49 (8 567 573.
20. Castellino G, Govoni M, Padovan M, Colamussi P, Borrelli M, Trotta F. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy may predict future brain lesions in SLE patients: a functional multi-imaging approach and follow up. Ann Rheum Dis 2005 64 : 1022 1027.
21. Falini A, Barkovich AJ, Calabrese G, Origgi D, Triulzi F, Scotti G. Progressive brain failure after diffuse hypoxic ischemic brain injury: a serial MR and proton MR spectroscopic study. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1998 19 : 648 652.
22. Woermann FG, McLean MA, Bartlett PA, Barker GJ, Duncan JS. Quantitative short echo time proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging study of malformations of cortical development causing epilepsy. Brain 2001 124 : 427 436.
23. Portilla P, Husson B, Lasjaunias P, Landrieu P. Sturge-Weber disease with repercussion on the prenatal development of the cerebral hemisphere. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2002 23 : 490 492.
24. Kobayashi M, Takayama H, Suga S, Mihara B. Longitudinal changes of metabolites in frontal lobes after hemorrhagic stroke of basal ganglia: a proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study. Stroke 2001 32 : 2237 2245.
25. Rooney WD, Miller RG, Gelinas D, Schuff N, Maudsley AA, Weiner MW. Decreased N-acetylaspartate in motor cortex and corticospinal tract in ALS. Neurology 1998 50 : 1800 1805.
26. Suhy J, Miller RG, Rule R, Schuff N, Licht J, Dronsky V, Gelinas D, Maudsley AA, Weiner MW. Early detection and longitudinal changes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by (1)H MRSI. Neurology 2002 58 : 773 779.
27. Trenerry MR, Jack CR Jr., Sharbrough FW, Cascino GD, Hirschorn KA, Marsh WR, Kelly PJ, Meyer FB. Quantitative MRI hippocampal volumes: association with onset and duration of epilepsy, and febrile convulsions in temporal lobectomy patients. Epilepsy Res 1993 15 : 247 252.
28. Davies KG, Hermann BP, Dohan FC Jr., Foley KT, Bush AJ, Wyler AR. Relationship of hippocampal sclerosis to duration and age of onset of epilepsy, and childhood febrile seizures in temporal lobectomy patients. Epilepsy Res 1996 24 : 119 126.
29. Juhasz C, Batista CE, Chugani DC, Muzik O, Chugani HT. Evolution of cortical metabolic abnormalities and their clinical correlates in Sturge-Weber syndrome. Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2007 doi :.
30. Pinton F, Chiron C, Enjolras O, Motte J, Syrota A, Dulac O. Early single photon emission tomography in Sturge-Weber syndrome. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1997 63 : 616 621.
31. Garcia PA, Laxer KD, van der Grond J, Hugg JW, Matson GB, Weiner MW. Correlation of seizure frequency with N-acetyl-aspartate levels determined by 1 H magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging. Magn Reson Imaging 1997 15 : 475 478.
32. Burneo JG, Knowlton RC, Faught E, Martin R, Sawrie S, Kuzniecky RI. Chronic temporal lobe epilepsy: spatial extent and degree of metabolic dysfunction studied with magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). Epilepsy Res 2004 62 : 119 124.