桥脑海绵状血管瘤的显微手术治疗:附12例报告

目的 分析桥脑海绵状血管瘤的显微外科手术治疗方法 和预后.方法 显微手术切除桥脑海绵状血管瘤12例.11例位于桥脑背侧的海绵状血管瘤,采用枕下正中经菱形窝入路切除;1例位于桥脑腹外侧的海绵状血管瘤,采用颞下经小脑幕入路切除.结果 均镜下全切除病灶,术后病理证实为脑海绵状血管瘤.术后临床表现改善6例,无变化3例,面瘫加重1例,出现外展神经瘫痪1例,死亡1例.术后平均随访时间3个月,复查MRI均未见病灶复发,脑干组织影像学修复良好,术后遗留的临床症状均有不同程度的恢复.结论 在正确选择手术适应症及手术方法 的前提下,桥脑海绵状血管瘤的手术治疗是安全和有效的.     

急性双侧小脑中脚缺血性卒中一例

<正>患者女性,87岁。因头晕伴站立不稳3 d,于2014年3月31日入院。患者入院前3 d突发头晕伴站立不稳、行走不能,无头痛或视物旋转。外院急诊头部CT检查显示双侧基底节区、放射冠多发性腔隙,呈增龄性改变,临床诊断为腔隙性梗死。予以醒脑静注射液20 ml/d和丹红注射液20 ml/d静脉滴注,连续治疗3 d后病情无明显改善,遂以"头晕、行走不稳待查"收入我院神经内科。患者既往有明确     

脑桥梗死部位与椎基底动脉狭窄或闭塞的关系

目的 探讨脑桥梗死部位与椎基底动脉狭窄或闭塞之间的关系.方法 连续入选2005年2月至2007年9月收住北京宣武医院神经内科的新发脑桥部梗死患者139例,所有病例均行头部MRI以及全脑血管造影检查,排除有可疑心源性栓子来源的患者.将病例分为A(旁中央动脉组)、B(短旋动脉组)、C(长旋动脉组)、D(混合组)4组,并对各组进行与椎动脉、基底动脉狭窄或闭塞以及无血管病变的相关性研究.结果 139例患者中A、B、C、D组各占78(56.1%)、3(2.2%)、7(5.0%)、51(36.7%)例.左或右侧椎动脉闭塞者56例(40.3%),左或右椎动脉狭窄者60例(43.2%),基底动脉闭塞者14例(10.1%),基底动脉狭窄者14例(10.1%),无后循环血管改变者16例(11.5%).A组与椎动脉闭塞、基底动脉闭塞及无血管病变者相关,x2值分别为3.945、6.824、4.485,P值分别为0.043、0.021、O.041.D组与基底动脉闭塞相关,x2值为10.952,P值为0.006.对以上两者进行Logistic回归分析,发现A组与椎动脉闭塞更相关(OR值为2.261),D组与基底动脉闭塞更相关(OR值为15.750).结论 脑桥不同部位的梗死与椎基底动脉的狭窄或闭塞关系密切,提示临床医生在遇到相关病例时,应提高警惕,及时做血管检查.

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Objective To investigate the correlation between stenosis or occlusion of vertebralbasilar artery and the location of infarctions in pontine. Methods All 139 patients with acute pontine infarction who were admitted to the Department of Neurology,Xuanwu Hospital,Beijing,during February,2005 and September,2007 were studied. All patients received the examinations of head MRI and digital subtraction angiography (DSA). Patients with possible cardiac embolism were excluded from the study. All the cases were then divided into four groups: A( paracentral artery group); B (short rotary artery group); C (long rotary artery group) and D (combined group). Results In all 139 cases,78 cases (56. 1% ) were in A group,3 (2. 2% ) in B group,7 (5.0%) in C group and 51 (36.7%) in D group. Fifty-six cases (40. 3% ) have occlusion in vertebral artery,60 cases (43.2%) have stenosis of vertebral artery. Cases having stenosis or occlusion in basilar artery are 14 cases (10. 1% ) each. Sixteen cases (11.5%) have unimpaired vertebral-basilar artery. A group is related to occlusion of vertebral artery and basilar artery and unimpaired artery ( x2 =3. 945,6. 824,4. 485 ,P = 0. 043,0. 021,0. 041 respectively). D group is related to occlusion of basilar artery ( x2 = 10. 952,P = 0. 006). Logistic binary analysis found that A group is more related with occlusion of vertebral artery ( OR = 2. 261 ),while D group is more related to occlusion of basilar artery ( OR = 15. 750). Conclusions There is a significant correlation between stenosis or occlusion of vertebral-basilar artery and the locations of infarctions in pontine. The physicians are suggested to perform the examinations on cerebral vessels such as brain MRI or DSA in patients with infarctions in pontine.     

Fluctuating gustatory disturbance and ophthalmodynia heralding the onset of a paramedian pontine infarction

Lasting taste disturbance has been previously reported as a consequence of brainstem infarction, but there are no previous reports of transient gustatory sensations preceding the onset of stroke. Ophthalmodynia, presenting as “salt-and-pepper” eye pain, has been reported rarely. We present a 58-year-old right-handed woman who had fluctuating ophthalmodynia and taste disturbance immediately preceding a left paramedian pontine infarction. We discuss the neuroanatomical basis of taste in reference to this presentation.     

Leucoéncephalopathie multifocale progressive

Summary A young woman presented a mixed congenital and familial immunodeficiency syndrome consisting in an absence of IgA and lowered levels of IgG and IgM, with a defect in cellular immunity. She had a mild malabsorption syndrome with slight alterations of the jejunal mucosa. Non-caseating tuberculoid granulomata were found in skin lesions, in lymph nodes and in the spleen. At age 27 the patient died of a neurological disease of 4 months duration. Autopsy revealed a very widespread demyelinating process involving mainly the right cerebellar hemisphere but also most of the pons and left cerebellum, with the typical morphologic characters of PML. In the hemispheres lesions were limited to microscopical microglial nodules with discrete demyelination. A review of 86 published cases of PML revealed 9 other cases in which lesions showed a strong predilection for the subtentorial territories. This sampling allows for the assumption that some 11% of the cases of PML have this particular lesion distribution. Other pertinent features of this case are briefly discussed.

     

Pelvic afferent reflex control of rectal motility and lumbar colonic efferent discharge mediated by the pontine sympatho-inhibitory region in guinea pigs

Rectal motility and the efferent discharge of lumbar colonic nerves (LCED) have previously been shown to be affected by reflex activity activated by rectal stimulation. The sensory limb of this reflex is represented by afferent fibers in pelvic nerves. The present study revealed that this reflex is modulated by supraspinal sympatho-inhibitory regions. Pelvic afferent stimulation led to rectal contraction through the withdrawal of a tonic inhibitory influence of lumbar colonic nerves. The supraspinal region responsible for this antagonism ofthe rectal-inhibitory colonic nerve activity was localized to the pons. Neither the intravenous administration of atropine nor that of guanethidine (and Eisai compound 865–123, another adrenergic neuron blocking agent) effected the ability of pelvic afferent stimulation to inhibit tonic discharge of lumbar colonic efferent nerves; nervertheless, both agents eliminated the mechanical response of the rectum to stimulation of pelvic afferents. These observations suggest that lumbar sympathetic nerves may tonically inhibit the release of acetylcholine from excitatory neurons in the rectal myenteric plexus. We conclude that descending fibers from the pons are activated as a result of pelvic afferent nerve stimulation. These descending pontine fibers in turn inhibit the firing of sympathetic lumbar colonic nerves. Removal of this tonic restraint leads to rectal contraction.     

Strategies for improving the detection of fMRI activation in trigeminal pathways with cardiac gating

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has become a powerful tool for studying the normal and diseased human brain. The application of fMRI in detecting neuronal signals in the trigeminal system, however, has been hindered by low detection sensitivity due to activation artifacts caused by cardiac pulse-induced brain and brainstem movement. A variety of cardiac gating techniques have been proposed to overcome this issue, typically by phase locking the sampling to a particular time point during each cardiac cycle. We sought to compare different cardiac gating strategies for trigeminal system fMRI. In the present study, we used tactile stimuli to elicit brainstem and thalamus activation and compared the fMRI results obtained without cardiac gating and with three different cardiac gating strategies: single-echo with TR of 3 or 9 heartbeats (HBs) and dual-echo T2*-mapping EPI (TR = 2 HBs, TE = 21/55 ms). The dual-echo T2* mapping and the single-echo with TR of 2 and 3 HBs cardiac-gated fMRI techniques both increased detection rate of fMRI activation in brainstem. Activation in the brainstem and the thalamus was best detected by cardiac-gated dual-echo EPI.     

脑桥梗死部位与基底动脉狭窄、弯曲的关系

目的探讨脑桥梗死部位与基底动脉狭窄、弯曲的关系。方法回顾性发析2009年1月～2012年10月在本院神经科住院治疗新鲜脑桥梗死患者118例及前循环脑梗死105例（所有病例有头颅MRI及颅内外动脉CT血管成像（CTA）检查）。将脑桥梗死组设为A组：梗死位于脑桥中线一侧;B组：梗死部位位于脑桥中线两侧。脑桥梗死两组与基底动脉狭窄、弯曲作相关性统计分析。同时比较脑桥梗死组与前循环脑梗死组的基底动脉狭窄、弯曲发生率。结果118例脑桥梗死中A组78例：基底动脉狭窄6例（7．69％）,基底动脉2级弯曲60例（76．92％）;B组40例：基底动脉狭窄或闭塞40例（100％）,基底动脉2级弯曲32例（80％）。105例前循环脑梗死组中基底动脉狭窄5例（4．76％）;基底动脉2级以上弯曲15例（14．29％）。①脑桥梗死A、B两组基底动脉狭窄或闭塞发生率有显著性差异（χ^2=94．72,P=0．00）。脑桥梗死A、B两组基底动脉弯曲度无明显差异（χ^2=0．146,P=0．703）。（参脑桥梗死组与前循环梗死组的基底动脉狭窄、弯曲比较有明显差异（χ^2=38．27、90．27,P=0．00、0．00）。结论脑桥梗死部位与基底动脉狭窄或闭塞、弯曲有关。     

磁共振脑径线测量对多系统萎缩的诊断价值

目的 研究磁共振脑径线测量对于多系统萎缩(MSA)的诊断价值.方法 11例MSA患者,可能MSA 2例,拟诊MSA 9例.其中以帕金森综合征为主要表现(MSA-P)5例,以小脑性共济失调为主要表现(MSA-C)6例.健康对照组6名,病例对照组9例(帕金森病1例、其他类型的帕金森综合征8例).选取反映脑干、小脑和基底节形态学的径线进行测量,计算全脑三维体积,比较各项参数的组间差异.结果 MSA组的脑桥横径(mm,下同)明显短于健康对照组和病例对照组(27.6±2.0、30.5±0.6、29.9±1.1),MSA患者的四脑室前后径(11.9±2.8)明显长于健康对照(9.0±2.1).MSA-C组的脑桥横径明显短于健康对照组和病例对照组(27.2±2.1、30.5±0.6、29.9±1.1).MSA-C患者的四脑室前后径和横径(12.8±2.6和9.0±2.1)明显长于健康对照(17.3±2.1和13.8±1.7).MSA-P患者的脑桥横径较健康对照组短(28.2±1.8、30.5±0.6).MSA-P患者的苍白球最长径(23.7±5.0)和红核直径(6.6±0.8)明显较MSA-C患者(29.7±2.4和8.2±0.4)短.MSA-C患者的第四脑室横径较MSA-P患者宽(17.3±2.1、12.6±2.7),小脑中脚宽度较MSA-P患者缩短(13.3±1.9、15.8±1.2).结论 磁共振脑体积径线测量对于MSA患者脑组织局部萎缩的程度提供了量化的手段.脑桥的横径缩短可以客观地反映MSA患者脑桥的萎缩,但不能用于区分MSA-P和MSA-C.MSA-C患者更易出现第四脑室的扩大和MCP的萎缩,MSA-P患者更易出现红核萎缩.     

Pontine veins. MRI cross-sectional anatomy

Summary The pons is covered by a rich venous network offering numerous vascular landmarks in MRI and during surgery. We present an original study of the veins as they appear on MR multiplanar scans after gadolinium IV injection. This prospective study is based on 40 consecutive patients with normal posterior fossa structures. One of the major venous collectors follows the pons: the superior petrosal v. was identified on MRI in 95% of our cases. Its hooklike extremity drains into the superior petrosal sinus. The inferior petrosal v. was never identifiable. The superficial pontine venous network are identified in 72.5% of cases in the axial plane and were organised in longitudinal and transverse collectors, whose MR aspects are presented here.

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Les veines du pont. Anatomie sectionnelle en IRM

Résumé Le pont, enveloppé des citernes subarachnoïdiennes, est parcouru à sa surface par de nombreux vaisseaux qui constituent autant de points de repère topographiques en IRM que de rapports chirurgicaux. Nous présentons une étude de l'anatomie veineuse en coupe telle que l'IRM la révèle après injection de Gadolinium. Cette étude prospective comporte 40 patients indemmes de lésion de la fosse crânienne postérieure. Le pont est longé par un des collecteurs majeurs du tronc cérébral : la v. pétreuse supérieure, identifiée dans 95 % des cas. Elle se jette par un crochet caractéristique dans le sinus pétreux supérieur. La v. pétreuse inférieure n'a jamais été reconnue. Les vv. pontiques forment un réseau maillé visible dans 72,5 % des cas en coupes axiales et comportant des axes transversaux et longitudinaux dont les critères d'identification sont présentés selon le plan de coupe.