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Case No. Age (y)/Sex Diagnosis Metabolites Detected Signal Intensity on Diffusion-Weighted Image 1 50/M Brain abscess Ace(+++), Ala(++), AA(+++), Lac(+++) Markedly high 2 44/M Brain abscess Ace(+++), Succ(++), Ala(++), AA(++), Lac(++), NAA(+), Cho(+), Cr/PCr(+) Markedly high 3 58/F Brain abscess Ace(+++), Ala(++), AA(+), Lac(++) Markedly high 4 26/F Brain abscess Ace(+++), Ala(++), AA(+), Lip(+), Lac(++) Markedly high 5 69/M Brain abscess * Markedly high 6 48/M Brain stem abscess ** Markedly high 7 45/M Brain abscess Lip(++), Lac(+) Markedly high 8 63/M Glioblastoma Lac(+++) Markedly low 9 74/M Glioblastoma Lac(++), NAA(+), Cho(+++), Cr/PCr(+) Markedly low 10 58/F Glioblastoma Lip(+), Lac(++) Slightly low 11 61/M Anaplastic astrocytoma Lac(+++), NAA(+), Cho(+++), Cr/PCr(+) Markedly low 12 52/M Metastatic brain tumor Lip(+), Lac(++) Markedly low 13 55/F Metastatic brain tumor Lip(+), Lac(++), NAA(+), Cho(+++), Cr/PCr(+) Markedly low 14 67/M Metastatic brain tumor Lac(+++) Markedly low
Note.—M indicates male; F, female; +, small peak; ++, moderate peak; +++, large peak; Ace, acetate; Ala, alanine; AA, amino acids; Lac, lactate; Succ, succinate; NAA, N-acetylaspartate; Cho, choline; Cr, creatine; PCr, phosphocreatine; Lip, lipids; *, unacceptable because of contamination from neighboring fat; **, unacceptable because of poor shimming conditions.