Table 2 Conventional MRI findings regarding the extension of ANEC in children

Thalami

30 (100%)

Basal ganglia

4 (13.3%)

Brain stem

24 (80%)

WM of cerebral hemispheres

22 (73.3%)

  Subcortical

8 (26.6%)

  Deep periventricular WM

14 (46.7%)

  Confluents

6 (20%)

  Foci

2 (6.6%)

  Sheets

14 (46.7%)

WM of cerebellar hemispheres

10 (33%)

 Enhancement

22 (73%)

DWI/ ADC

 Diffusion restriction

24 (80%)

SWI

 Hemorrhage

26 (86.7%)

- Lipid/lactate peak

- Glutamate/glutamine peak

- NAA peak

16 (100%)

10 (62.5%)

14 (87.5%)