血管性痴呆患者SPECT脑血流灌注显像特点

目的　探讨血管性痴呆 (VD)患者 SPECT局部脑血流灌注显像特点 ,为 VD的早期诊断和痴呆严重程度的评估寻找客观的生物学指标。方法　分别对 45例 VD、3 0例卒中无痴呆 (SWD)和 3 0例正常对照者 (NC)3组进行 SPECT局部脑血流灌注显像 ,半定量分析各脑区血流灌注情况。结果　 VD组额叶、顶叶、颞叶和基底节局部脑血流灌注比 SWD组减少 (P<0 .0 5 ) ;并以额叶、颞叶血流灌注的减少最为显著 (P<0 .0 1)。与 NC组相比 ,SWD组额叶、顶叶、颞叶和基底节局部脑血流灌注均减低 (P<0 .0 5 )。额叶、颞叶血流灌注减低与 MMSE评分间存在正相关关系 (r=0 .75 5 ,P<0 .0 1)。结论　 VD患者存在明显的脑血流灌注减低 ,以额叶、颞叶最为显著 ,且与MMSE评分间存在正相关 ,SPECT脑血流灌注显像有助于 VD的诊断和病情评估     

CT,MRI and SPECT neuroimaging in status epilepticus with simple partial and complex partial seizures: case report

Summary A 35-year-old female patient suffering from epilepsy was examined during status epilepticus with simple partial and complex partial seizures by means of EEG, CT, MRI and ictal SPECT. All these examinations showed focal abnormalities with identical location due to oedema and hypervascularisation; these were, however, absent during examinations carried out before and after status epilepticus.     

Magnetic resonance imaging and brain-stem auditory evoked potentials in neuro-Behcet's disease

We studied central nervous system lesions in patients with neuro-Behcet's disease using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain and recording of brain-stem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs). MRI revealed abnormal findings in seven of eight patients. MRI studies demonstrated extensive regions with high intensity signal in the brain stem and/or basal ganglia on T2-weighted images obtained during the acute stage of the disease in three patients. One of these patients had a strongly gadolinum-enhanced round lesion in the lower pons. In four of the other five patients with chronic disease, brain-stem atrophy was observed on T1-weighted images. Atrophic changes were more severe in the brain stem than in the cerebellum. Abnormal BAEPs were observed in three patients and consisted of prolongation of interpeak latency of waves III-V and defects of wave III or V. Abnormal BAEPs were recorded in patients with severe inflammatory changes or progression of atrophic changes in the brain stem. Our findings show that MRI and BAEPs are useful in detecting the presence and assessing the degree of neurological involvement in patients with neuro-Behcet's disease.     

针刺对脑挫裂伤缺血半暗区血流变化的半定量研究

目的观察针灸即时和治疗后对脑挫裂伤局部血流变化影响结果,以确定缺血半暗区(IP)的存在和针灸疗效。方法将60例脑挫裂伤患者随机分成2组,针灸组30例,在常规治疗基础上加用针刺疗法;对照组30例采用常规治疗。通过ECT脑显像分别进行针灸组针刺前后及治疗14d后、对照组治疗前后及治疗14d后的局部脑血流量(rCBF)对比观察。结果脑挫裂伤损伤部位存在血流量减低的IP,针灸组首次针灸前后rCBF比较有极显著差异(P<0.001),治疗14d后其变化差异亦极显著(P<0.001)。对照组治疗前后rCBF比较差异极显著(P<0.001),两组治疗后rCBF比较差异亦极显著(P<0.005)。结论脑显像可直观的反映脑挫裂伤病人损伤区局部脑血流变化,提示脑挫伤区存在着IP,针刺治疗能明显改善局部脑血流量,为针刺治疗脑挫裂伤提供了依据。     

Interictal “patchy” regional cerebral blood flow patterns in migraine patients. A single photon emission computerized tomographic study

In 92 migraine patients and 44 healthy control subjects we recorded regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) with single photon emission computerized tomography and ¹³³Xe inhalation or with i.v. ^99mTc-HMPAO. Migraine patients were studied interictally. A quantitated analysis of right-left asymmetry indices in a fixed set of regions of interest was compared with the normal asymmetry indices in the healthy controls. An asymmetry index deviating more than ± 2.5 S.D.s in normals was defined as pathological asymmetry. By quantitated analysis 47% of images from patients with aura attacks and 48% of images from patients without aura attacks were established to contain higher rate of asymmetries, the difference being statistically significant (p < 0.05, Wilcoxon). A blinded visual analysis and scoring by a four level scale were done by four experienced observers. rCBF images from 18% of patients having attacks with aura and from 19% of patients without aura attacks was scored as containing abnormal right-left asymmetries by the visual analysis. Images from healthy controls were all scored to be normal. In 37% of the images (all from patients) there was lack of consensus among observers (κ = 0.28). There was no correlation between visual or quantitated abnormalities and age, duration of migraine, frequency of attacks or prophylactic medication. No correlation could be established between asymmetries and the usual side of headache or aura symptoms. Two conclusions emerged: (1) visual evaluation of interictal migraine rCBF images is insufficient to pick up abnormalities; (2) almost 50% of the migraine sufferers had abnormal rCBF/asymmetries. However, these are discrete compared with those typically seen during the aura phase of a migraine attack. One explanation to the patchy rCBF patterns might be that they reflect interictal cerebrovascular dysregulation which might to be a common feature in both types of migraine.     

癫痫手术前SPECT的定位价值

目的：了解单光子发射计算机断层扫描（ＳＰＥＣＴ）行局部脑血流检查在致痫灶定位中的应用价值。方法：对２４例癫痫患者行ＳＰＥＣＴ检查，结果采用目测和半定量分析两种方法进行判断。结果：１３／２４（５６％）的患者有目测的异常灌注区，其中１１／１３（８５％）与综合定位的结果相一致，半定量分析的方法可发现１２／１２的患者有异常灌注区，其中１０／１２（８３％）可得到与综合定位结果相一致的结论。统计学显示两种方法在阳性检出率和准确率上有显著差异。结论：ＳＰＥＣＴ在致痫灶的定位中有较高的应用价值，半定量分析的方法可明显提高ＳＰＥＣＴ对致痫灶的检出率，但应将检查结果与临床及其他检查资料相结合进行分析以减少假阳性率     

MRI demonstration and CT correlation of the brain in patients with idiopathic intracerebral calcification

Twenty-two patients aged 36–63 years were diagnosed as having Fahr's syndrome on the basis of the presence on CT of unexpected extensive calcification of the basal ganglia. Even when associated with calcification of other brain areas, the main diagnostic criterion remained basal ganglia calcification larger than 800 mm². Normal values of parathormone, serum calcium and phosphorus excluded hypercalcaemia and hypoparathyroidism. Mitochondrial CNS disease was excluded clinically. MRI and repeated CT and neurological examination were performed in all of the patients. The patients were divided into two groups: neurologically asymptomatic (group 1) and neurologically symptomatic (group 2). T2-weighted sequences demonstrated hyperintense areas in all of the patients involving the white and the grey matter of the brain. In group 1 the hyperintense lesions were significantly smaller than in group 2. The neurological symptoms correlated better with the hyperintensities on T2-weighted MR images than with the calcification demonstrated on CT. Hyperintensities in T2-weighted MRI and the areas shown by CT to have calcification had different locations. In 15 patients with dementia, the white matter of the entire centrum semiovale was bilaterally hyperintense. In another 3 patients with hemiparesis, hyperintense areas in the internal capsule, contralateral to the side of hemiparesis, were demonstrated in the T2-weighted sequence. The hyperintense T2 signals may reflect a slowly progressive, metabolic or inflammatory process in the brain which subsequently calcifies and are probably responsible for the neurological deficit observed.     

Infantile Spasms: Localized Cerebral Lesions on SPECT

Summary: Ten infantile spasms (IS) patients had single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with [^99mTc]HMPAO, EEG, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies. SPECT showed localized cerebral hypo-perfusion in 7 infants (4 unifocal; 3 multifocal) always involving the temporal regions either unilaterally or bilaterally. EEGs obtained in near time of the SPECT studies showed focal abnormalities in all 7 infants with hypoper-fusion on SPECT, with complete correspondence of the abnormalities in 5. MRI showed localized cerebral lesionsin only 3 of the 10 infants, all of whom had corresponding areas of hypoperfusion on SPECT. Our study indicates that localized cerebral abnormalities (especially of the temporal lobes) may often be associated with IS and that such patients may have localized cerebral hypoperfusion on SPECT even when the MRI is normal.     

线粒体脑肌病伴高乳酸血症和卒中样发作综合征的影像学特征及动态演变

目的探讨线粒体脑肌病伴高乳酸血症和卒中样发作(MELAS)综合征的影像学特点及其动态演变过程。方法收集2011年1月-2016年2月我院经肌肉病理确诊的21例MELAS综合征的资料,对他们的头部CT、MRI、增强MRI、MRA和MRS表现进行回顾性分析。结果 19例患者行头部CT,其中8例显示双侧基底节区对称性钙化。卒中样发作急性期头部磁共振主要表现为T_1WI低信号、T_2WI和FLAIR高信号,DWI高信号或等信号,ADC高信号或低信号;增强MRI未见明显强化或线状强化,MRA未见明显异常,MRS可见N-乙酰天门冬氨酸峰(NAA)下降、乳酸峰(Lac)明显升高。19例(90.5%)病灶累及2个及2个以上脑叶,最常累及的部位是枕叶、颞叶和顶叶。病灶呈层状坏死,分布不符合脑血管的支配区域,动态观察具有"可逆性"、"游走性"和"进展性"。结论 MELAS综合征临床表现复杂,神经影像学具有一定的特征性,具有重要诊断价值。充分认识这些特征,有助于早期诊治、减少误诊。     

MRI and SPECT of Klinefelter's Syndrome with Various Neuropsychiatric Symptoms: A Case Report

Abstract: We present here magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and single photon emission computed tomography with ¹²³I-N-isopropyl-p-iodoamphetamine (¹²³I-IMP-SPECT) of a patient suffering from Klinefelter's syndrome with various neuropsychiatric symptoms. He was a 30-year-old male, who showed impaired consciousness seizures, auditory hallucination, delusion of reference, delusion of grandeur, psychomotor excitement and intellectual impairment. Although no focal lesion was detected by computed tomography or T1-weighted MRI, T2-weighted MRI provided a heterogeneous high-signal-intensity lesion of the inferior part of the left temporal lobe, which was not enhanced with Gd-DTPA. In addition ¹²³-IMP-SPECT exhibited focal hypoperfusion in the left temporal lobe on the early images. We suggest that the neuropsychiatric symptoms of this case are associated with the focal organic brain dysfunction which was revealed by MRI and ^123I-IMP-SPECT.     

Comparative study of regional cerebral blood flow values measured by Xe CT and Xe SPECT

The regional cerebral blood flow (rBCF) values measured by stable xenon-enhanced computed tomography (Xe XT) and by radioactive xenon-133 single photon emission computed tomography (Xe SPECT) were compared in 16 patients with cerebral infarct. On the non-lesion side Xe SPECT recorded 10.7% higher rCBF values than Xe CT in the anterior cerebral artery territory while Xe CT recorded 9.6% higher values than Xe SPECT in the middle cerebral artery territory. These differences were not statistically significant. Although the rCBF values were almost the same no correlation was found between the two methods in the posterior cerebral artery territory and the basal ganglia. Only hemispheric CBF on the non-lesion side showed the same value and a good correlation between the Xe CT and the Xe SPECT. There was a good correlation in the hemispheric CBF values on the lesion side, too. The difference of rCBF between the non-lesion side and the lesion side was expressed smaller in the Xe SPECT than in the Xe CT. This is in agreement with the previous reports that Xe SPECT overestimates the flow in the low flow areas. The higher rCBF values in the anterior cerebral artery territory measured by the Xe SPECT was ascribed to the artifact from the radioactivities in the inhalation mask and the air passages as reported previously. In conclusion, there is no good correlation between the rCBF values measured by the Xe CT and by the Xe SPECT. Only hemispheric CBF shows a good correlation between the two methods.     

强迫症与抑郁症的脑单光子发射计算机断层扫描对照研究

目的探讨强迫症、抑郁症局部脑血流量(rCBF)特点。方法应用单光子发射计算机断层扫描(SPECT)技术,对首发且未经治疗的39例强迫症患者、36例抑郁症患者和39名正常人于静息状态下行脑血流显像。以小脑皮质的放射性计数值为参考,对局部脑血流进行半定量分析。结果强迫症组两侧前额叶、前颞叶rCBF高于正常组(P<0.01);抑郁症组两侧前额叶、枕叶、扣带回及右前颞叶、右顶叶rCBF低于正常组(P<0.05);在两侧前额叶、前颞叶、顶叶、枕叶及右后额叶、扣带回,强迫症组rCBF高于抑郁症组(P<0.05)。结论强迫症组的前额叶及前颞叶呈高灌注改变,抑郁症组脑血流普遍低灌注,SPECT技术可望作为二者鉴别诊断的客观依据之一。     

松果体区肿瘤的影像表现及鉴别诊断

目的 分析松果体区肿瘤的影像特点,以提高诊断及鉴别诊断的准确率.方法 回顾性分析经手术及病理证实的28例松果体区肿瘤的CT和MRI表现,其中8例患者术前行1H-MRS和DWI检查.结果28例松果体区肿瘤分别为生殖细胞瘤11例,畸胎瘤4例,星形细胞瘤3例,室管膜瘤1例,小脑幕缘脑膜瘤3例,松果体细胞瘤2例,松果体母细胞瘤1例,错构瘤1例.表皮样囊肿2例.影像学主要表现为松果体区囊实性肿块,密度/信号多变,部分肿瘤有其特征的形态、密度/信号及强化方式.生殖细胞瘤及松果体细胞肿瘤绝大部分为均匀实性肿块,密度/信号均匀.胶质瘤多为囊实性,且形态多变,密度/信号不均,变化大.成熟性畸胎瘤一般为混杂囊状密度/信号.胶质瘤1H-MRS可见到典型高Cho峰及低NAA峰,脑膜瘤往往测不到NAA峰,松果体母细胞瘤Cho峰较高,无Lip峰,而生殖细胞瘤多出现Lip峰.结论 松果体区肿瘤的形态、密度/信号特征及强化方式有助于松果体区病变的诊断,1H-MRS及DWI对鉴别诊断有帮助,但部分肿瘤鉴别困难.     

The Relative Contributions of MRI, SPECT, and PET Imaging in Epilepsy

Summary: Functional and structural neuroimaging techniques are increasingly indispensable in the evaluation of epileptic patients for localization of the epileptic area as well as for understanding pathophysiology, propagation, and neurochemical correlates of chronic epilepsy. Although interictal single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging of cerebral blood flow is only moderately sensitive, ictal SPECT markedly improves yield. Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of interictal cerebral metabolism is more sensitive than measurement of blood flow in temporal lobe epilepsy. Furthermore, PET has greater spatial resolution and versatility in that multiple tracers can image various aspects of cerebral function. Interpretation of all types of functional imaging studies is difficult and requires knowledge of time of most recent seizure activity and structural correlates. Only magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can image the structural changes associated with the underlying epileptic process, and quantitative evidence of hippocampal volume loss has been highly correlated with seizure onset in medial temporal structures. Improved resolution and interpretation have made quantitative MRI more sensitive in temporal lobe epilepsy, as judged by pathology. When judged by electroencephalography (EEG), ictal SPECT and interictal PET have the highest sensitivity and specificity for temporal lobe epilepsy; these neuroimaging techniques have lower sensitivity and higher specificity for extratemporal EEG abnormalities. Regardless of the presence of structural abnormalities, functional imaging by PET or SPECT provides complementary information. Ideally these techniques should be used and interpreted together to improve the localization and understanding of epileptic brain.     

抑郁症患者局部脑血流的研究

目的：了解抑郁症患者局部脑血流灌注的特点：方法：应用单光子发射计算机断层扫描对20例抑郁症患者及18例正常对照者局部脑血流灌注进行对比分析。结果：抑郁症组双侧基底核、双侧额叶、左颞叶及左枕叶局部血流低灌注；抑郁症组与对照组左右大脑半球局部血流灌注无显著性差异：结论：抑郁症患者局部脑血流存在低灌注，但未发现局部脑血流低灌注有侧化现象。     

Correlation Between Interictal Regional Cerebral Blood Flow and Depth-Recorded Interictal Spiking in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Summary: Purpose: Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is used as an adjunctive method in preoperative localization of epileptic foci. In temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), interictal hypoperfusion is observed in 60–70% of cases. Correlation with ictal EEG changes is observed in ～50–60% of cases. Relationships with interictal EEG have been studied less. We compared interictal SPECT data obtained in 20 patients with their interictal intracerebral electrical activity recorded by depth electrodes to evaluate a potential relationship. Methods: We studied 20 sequential patients whose clinical, surface, and depth EEG data indicated seizure originating in the temporal lobe and who had interictal [^99mTc]hexamethyl-propylene amine oxime (HMPAO)-SPECT stereo-EEG (SEEG). Intracerebral electrodes were placed according to the patient's profile. The interictal extent of epileptiform activity allowed delineation of the irritative zone. Interictal spike frequency was also analyzed semiquantitatively. Visual and numerical SPECT analysis was performed blind to SEEG data. Results: Interictal hypoperfusion was observed in 16 patients, involving the epileptogenic temporal lobe in 14. Except for 1 patient who manifested lateral temporal hypoperfusion corresponding to a mass lesion, two distinctive patterns of hypoperfusion were noted: (a) mesial hypoperfusion (5 patients), and (b) global temporal hypoperfusion (8 patients). In 8 patients, hypoperfusion had also extended into the adjacent cortex. Temporal mesial hypoperfusion was associated with spiking limited to the mesial structures, whereas global temporal hypoperfusion or hypoperfusion extending beyond the temporal lobe was associated with a similar topographic pattern of spikes. Conclusions: Comparison between SPECT and SEEG data collected in the interictal phase indicated that the extent of the hypoperfused area correlated topographically with that of the underlying irritative zone.     

The Sturge-Weber syndrome: correlation between the clinical status and radiological CT and MRI findings

In the Sturge-Weber syndrome facial venous and leptomeningeal angiomas are associated. We studied 14 consecutive cases with clinical and radiological evaluations [computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)]. Radiological studies demonstrated the extent and patency of the leptomeningeal angiomatous malformation, the degree of parenchymal atrophy, the presumed ischemic changes affecting the gray and white matter, the presence and extent of cortical calcifications, cifications, the prominence of the choroid plexus, the parenchymal venous anomalies, and the diploic prominence in the affected side. The white matter alterations, being greater, the extent of lobar involvement, and the degree of parenchymal atrophy all correlated with the patient's clinical status being poorer. MRI is more efficient in the detection of the radiological findings related to the clinical status: seizure control, degree of psychomotor development and hemiparesis. Therefore, MRI is the imaging modality of choice in the diagnosis of these patients.     

CT and MRI aspects of supratentorial hemispheric tumors of childhood and adolescence

The neuroradiological features of supratentorial hemispheric tumors (SHTs) were studied in 27 patients whose ages ranged from 11 months to 18 years. Astrocytomas constitued 10 of the 27 SHTs. On computed tomography low-grade astrocytomas were in most cases hypodense; after intravenous administration of contrast medium, pilocytic astrocytomas enhanced, whereas fibrillary astrocytomas did not. Gd-DPTA-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging was the most useful technique for the assessment of recurrences. Atypical imaging features were observed in one glioblastoma and in oligodendrogliomas (in half of the cases no calcifications were found). Gangliogliomas were surprisingly rather frequent in our series (5/27) and appeared in three cases as low-density, well-circumscribed lesions, not calcified and without edema and mass effect, while in two cases they had pronounced perifocal edema without clear demarcation. A rare desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma was observed. The two meningiomas showed malignant behavior.     

Miller-Fisher syndrome and pontine abnormalities on MRI: a case report

Summary The authors report a patient with Miller-Fisher syndrome in whom MRI of the brain stem showed increased signal density on T2 sequence anterior to the fourth ventricle, on the right and the left. The authors discuss the relation between these MRI abnormalities and some clinical features of the syndrome. The authors believe that the cardinal features of Miller-Fisher syndrome are due to peripheral nervous system dysfunction, but that this does not preclude a possible central nervous system involvement.     

高血压脑病的CT和MRI表现

目的探讨头部电子计算机断层扫描（CT）和磁共振成像（MRI）对高血压脑病的诊断价值。方法回顾性分析32例高血压脑病患者的头部CT和MRI表现特点，并作文献复习。结果5例患者头部MRI发现异常，未发现头部CT异常患者。结论本病的头部影像学改变为水肿所致，常累及双侧顶、枕叶的应质下白质；MRI的诊断价值优于CT，且对本病的诊断和鉴别诊断方面具有重要意义。