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Normal-appearing white matter in optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis: a comparative proton spectroscopy study
Authors:A. Tourbah  J.-L. Stievenart  A. Abanou  M.-T. Iba-Zizen  H. Hamard  O. Lyon-Caen  E. A. Cabanis  L. Stievenart
Affiliation:Service de Neuroradiologie, Centre Hospitalier National d'Ophtalmologie des XV-XX, 28 rue de Charenton, F-75012 Paris, France Tel.: + 33-1-40021655, Fax: + 33-1-43408785, FR
Sercie d'Ophtalmologie II, Centre Hospitalier National d'Ophtalmologie des XV–XX, Paris, France, FR
Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France, FR
Service de Biophysique et Médecine Nucléaire, H?pital Beaujon, Clichy, France, FR
Abstract:We investigated neurochemical abnormalities in the normal-appearing white matter (NAWM) on MRI of patients with optic neuritis (ON) and compared them to those of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Patients with ON (42) were classified into three groups according to abnormalities on brain MRI. Patients with MS (55) were devided in two groups: relapsing remitting MS (RRMS) and secondary progressive MS (SPMS). All patients underwent MRI of the brain and localised proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) of NAWM. The results were compared to those of 15 controls. Patients with MS had significant abnormalities compared with controls and with patients with ON. Patients with RRMS and those with ON had comparable MRS parameters, while patients with SPMS had significant spectroscopic abnormalities in comparison with controls, but also with patients with RRMS. These changes consisted of a decrease in N -acetylaspartate, a neuronal marker, which may reflect axonal dysfunction and/or loss. MRS abnormalities were detected in 14 patients with ON (27 %). The main abnormalities consisted of a decrease in N -acetylaspartate, an increase in choline-containing compounds at long echo times, and the presence of free lipid peaks at short echo times. MRS of the NAWM on MRI may prove useful for detecting neurochemical brain abnormalities in ON not visible on MRI. Received: 19 January 1999 Accepted: 23 March 1999
Keywords:Magnetic resonance spectroscopy  Optic neuritis  Multiple sclerosis
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