Color map assessment of diffusion tensor images of brain stem white matter tracts in 7 pediatric patients with pontine tumors*
Patient No. | Corticospinal Tracts | Transvers Pontine Tracts | Medial Lemnisci | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Left | Right | Left | Right | Left | Right | |
1 | D/I | I | I | I | D | D |
2 | I | X/I | I | I | D | D |
3 | I | I | I | I | D/I | D/I |
4 | I | I | X/I | X/I | D | D |
5 | X/I | X/I | X/I | X/I | I | I |
6 | I | X/I | I | I | N | I |
7 | I | N | N | N | N | N |
* The condition of the tracts was classified as follows: D, displaced; E, edematous; I, infiltrated; N, normal; X, destroyed.