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In vivo proton MR spectroscopy findings specific for adenylosuccinate lyase deficiency

✍ Scribed by M. Henneke; S. Dreha-Kulaczewski; K. Brockmann; M. van der Graaf; M. A. A. P. Willemsen; U. Engelke; P. Dechent; A. Heerschap; G. Helms; R. A. Wevers; J. Gärtner

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
125 KB
Volume
23
Category
Article
ISSN
0952-3480

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Abstract

Adenylosuccinate lyase (ADSL) deficiency is an inherited metabolic disorder affecting predominantly the central nervous system. The disease is characterized by the accumulation of succinylaminoimidazolecarboxamide riboside and succinyladenosine (S‐Ado) in tissue and body fluids. Three children presented with muscular hypotonia, psychomotor delay, behavioral abnormalities, and white matter changes on brain MRI. Two of them were affected by seizures. Screening for inborn errors of metabolism including in vitro high resolution proton MRS revealed an ADSL deficiency that was confirmed genetically in all cases. All patients were studied by in vivo proton MRS. In vitro high resolution proton MRS of patient cerebrospinal fluid showed singlet resonances at 8.27 and 8.29 ppm that correspond to accumulated S‐Ado. In vivo proton MRS measurements also revealed a prominent signal at 8.3 ppm in gray and white matter brain regions of all patients. The resonance was undetectable in healthy human brain. In vivo proton MRS provides a conclusive finding in ADSL deficiency and represents a reliable noninvasive diagnostic tool for this neurometabolic disorder. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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