Abstract

ORTIZ, Blair; HERRERA, Diego A  and  VARGAS, Sergio. Clinical application of diffusion tensor imaging and tractography in a child with holoprosencephaly. Biomédica [online]. 2011, vol.31, n.2, pp.164-167. ISSN 0120-4157.

Diffusion tensor imaging and fiber tracking can be methods used for the study of congenital brain malformations associated to white matter bundle abnormalities.Their use is illustrated in a child with semilobar holoprosencephaly in whom diffusion tensor imaging and tractography showed diencephalic ventral induction failure and abnormal white matter fascicles in brain and brainstem.

Keywords : Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; diffusion tensor imaging; anisotropy; holoprosencephaly; periaqueductal gray; failure to thrive.

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