Abstract
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a new imaging modality rapidly achieved an important role in evaluating pathologies of the central nervous system. Its diagnostic potential, advantages, and limitations have been well documented [3, 5,8,9]. In particular MRI has been reported as being highly sensitive in assesment of demyelinating diseases as well as in visualization of intracranial and spinal cord tumors [3, 7, 8]. Furthermore MRI is particularly good in evaluation of abnormalities related to the brain stem [1, 6]. In the following, MRI findings in patients with brain stem lesions are described and MRI data are compared with computed tomography (CT) findings in the context of the clinical picture.
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Bone, G., Dinkhauser, L., Artmann, W., Ladurner, G. (1988). The Clinical Impact of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Brain Stem Lesions. In: Schneider, G.H., Vogler, E. (eds) Digitale bildgebende Verfahren Interventionelle Verfahren Integrierte digitale Radiologie. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73134-1_18
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