MR angiography of moyamoya disease before and after encephaloduroarteriosynangiosis

OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to evaluate the usefulness of MR angiography in revealing moyamoya disease before and after encephaloduroarteriosynangiosis. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Twenty-six patients (51 hemispheres) with angiographically confirmed moyamoya disease who underwent encephaloduroarteriosynangiosis were included in the study. Findings on preoperative MR angiography were compared with those on conventional angiography. Postoperative neurologic status was categorized as poor, fair, good, or excellent. Postoperative MR angiography was examined for the appearance of the superficial temporal artery, changes in moyamoya vessels, and transdural collateral vessels into the middle cerebral artery territory. RESULTS: Preoperative MR angiography revealed moyamoya disease in all patients (diagnostic accuracy, 100%). MR angiography correctly depicted the degree of internal carotid artery stenosis in 37 arteries (73%), moyamoya vessels in 33 hemispheres (65%), and the degree of stenosis in the middle, anterior, and posterior cerebral arteries in 125 (82%) of 153 arteries. After surgery, 39 hemispheres showed an excellent outcome, eight showed a good outcome, two a fair outcome, and two a poor outcome. On postoperative MR angiography, vascular supply to the middle cerebral artery territory via transdural collateral vessels increased in 28 hemispheres (55%) and decreased in four (8%). The size of the superficial temporal artery increased in 41 (80%) of 51 hemispheres. The extent of moyamoya vessels decreased in 27 hemispheres (53%) after surgery. CONCLUSION: MR angiography can show the changes in the superficial temporal artery and development of transdural collateral vessels after encephaloduroarteriosynangiosis. Because MR angiography is noninvasive, it is valuable for evaluating postoperative changes.     

Moyamoya disease: diagnostic accuracy of MRI

Our purpose was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of MRI in moyamoya disease. We studied 30 patients with this disease, comparing MRI and angiographic findings. The diagnostic value of MRI was evaluated for occlusive lesions, collateral vessels, and parenchymal lesions. In all patients bilateral occlusion or stenosis of the supraclinoid internal carotid artery and proximal anterior and middle cerebral arteries was clearly shown by MRI, and staging of the extent of occlusion agreed with angiographic staging in 44 (73%) of 60 arteries. MRI, particularly coronal images, clearly showed basal cerebral moyamoya vessels in 54 hemispheres, and 45 of a total of 71 large leptomeningeal and transdural collateral vessels were identified. MRI also showed parenchymal lesions in 48 (80%) hemispheres, and the extent of occlusion in the anterior and posterior circulations respectively correlated with white matter and cortical and/or subcortical infarcts.     

MRI和MRA对烟雾病的诊断价值

目的：评价ＭＲＩ和ＭＲ血管成像（ＭＲＡ）在烟雾病中的诊断价值。材料与方法：回顾性分析２３例烟雾病患者的ＭＲＩ和ＭＲＡ资料，ＭＲＡ采用三维时间飞跃法。结果：２３例患者ＭＲＡ图像均有不同程度的颈内动脉分叉处的血管狭窄／闭塞，１８例基底节区异常网状的血管和１４例软脑膜侧支循环血管显示清晰。ＭＲＩ上显示了所有患者的脑实质改变和１５例颈内动脉分叉处的血管狭窄／闭塞改变，所有患者根据其ＭＲ上脑血管的改变均可做出正确的诊断。结论：ＭＲＡ结合ＭＲＩ能对烟雾病患者做出正确的诊断和较准确的分期，同时可用于烟雾病患者的随访检查和术后复查。     

Clinical symptoms and diagnostic imaging in moyamoya disease

OBJECTIVE: Presentation of typical imaging findings and diagnostic approaches in patients suspected of moyamoya disease. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Two female patients (24 resp. 44 years old) presenting with equivocal neurological symptoms (headache, recurrent monoparesis, choreiformic ataxia, grand mal seizure) were examined by means of colour-coded ultrasound, selective catheter-based angiography (DSA), CT and MRI including MR angiography. RESULTS: Cranial CT and MRI showed normal findings in one patient, and focal cerebral infarctions of different age in the other. In both cases, colour-coded ultrasound was indicative in detecting occlusive disease of the internal carotid arteries. Both, MR angiography as well as catheter-based angiography revealed the pathology of the culprid vessel, in addition catheter-based angiography was more accurate in depicting moyamoya collaterals at the skull base. CONCLUSION: In moyamoya disease colour-coded ultrasound is diagnostic for the lesion of the internal carotid artery, MRI resp. MRA depict the vascular and parenchymal lesion, whereas catheter-based DSA by providing information about the main vessel and collateral system allows the staging of the disease.     

烟雾病的DSA分析研究

目的:提高对烟雾病的理解和认识。方法:对19例证实为烟雾病病人的脑血管造影片(包括双侧颈动脉造影及单侧椎动脉造影)按狭窄及闭塞部位,脑底异常血管网,和脑内、外侧支循环进行分析。结果:38 例次颈动脉造影,除4 例显示正常外,均发现不同程度颈内动脉系统病变,此外,脑膜中动脉病变见14 例次,颞浅动脉病变见7例次。19 例单侧椎动脉造影见大脑后动脉病变12例(19侧),伴基底动脉病变5例,同时伴椎动脉病变3 例。所有病例均可见各种形式侧支循环的形成。结论:烟雾病为脑底动脉进行性狭窄或闭塞伴广泛侧支循环形成的疾病,它的血管病变不仅累及颈内动脉系统,椎- 基底动脉系统及颈外动脉系统亦可累及     

Moyamoya disease: evaluation with diffusion-weighted and perfusion echo-planar MR imaging.

PURPOSE: To determine the clinical efficacy of diffusion-weighted and perfusion echo-planar magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in the evaluation of moyamoya disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seventeen patients with moyamoya disease were examined prospectively with diffusion-weighted and perfusion echo-planar MR imaging and conventional angiography. The change in the effective transverse relaxation rate (delta R2*) peak value, delta R2* peak time, and delta R2* integral were calculated to assess regional cerebral perfusion. The MR images were compared with angiographic images. RESULTS: Of the 34 posterior cerebral arteries (PCAs) of the 17 patients, 14 PCAs (41%) in 11 patients showed stenosis or occlusion. The delta R2* peak value ratio in the cerebral hemispheres decreased significantly, and the delta R2* peak time ratio increased significantly, with PCA stenosis and occlusion. However, no correlation was apparent between perfusion and extent of the stenotic or occlusive lesions of the internal carotid artery bifurcation. The frequency of cerebral infarctions was significantly increased in patients with stenotic or occlusive PCA lesions. For three acute infarctions, a decrease in the apparent diffusion coefficient was significantly correlated with a decrease in the delta R2* peak value, an increase in the delta R2* peak time, and a decrease in the delta R2* integral. CONCLUSION: Regional cerebral perfusion in moyamoya disease is decreased and delayed with PCA stenosis, with greater decrease and delay with PCA occlusion. Diffusion-weighted and perfusion imaging are useful for evaluating cerebral ischemia in moyamoya disease.     

成人型moya moya病的MR和MRA诊断(附6例分析)

目的：分析成人型moyamoya病的MRI和MRA影像特征。方法：回顾性分析6例经DSA证实的成人moyamoya病的MRI及MRA影像资料，采用GE1.5T超导型MR扫描系统行SE、FSE序旬MRI和三维时间飞跃法MRA。结果：成人型moyamoya病主要表现为多发腔隙性梗塞、脑萎缩，或并发脑实质出血、蛛网膜下腔出血。MRI显示闭塞的颅底大血管流空效应消失，兵脑和基底节区侧支循环流空信号增多，脑实质缺血或出血改变。MRA直接显示狭窄或闭塞的预内动脉（ICA）、大脑中动脉（MCA）、大脑前动脉（ACA）及侧支血管网。与DSA对比，MRA能够准确地显示闭塞或狭窄的大血管和代偿的不成形的弯延扭曲的侧支血管网。结论：MRI和MRA相结合可正确诊断moyamoya病，MRA是一种无创、短时、成功率和准确性高的检查方法，也可用于筛选可疑颅内动脉狭窄或闭塞的患者，避免或减少血管造影的次数。     

Two-dimensional thick-slice MR digital subtraction angiography for assessment of cerebrovascular occlusive diseases

Although spatial resolution of current MR angiography is excellent, temporal resolution has remained unsatisfactory. We evaluated clinical applicability of 2D thick-slice, contrast-enhanced subtraction MR angiography (2D-MR digital subtraction angiography) with sub-second temporal resolution in cerebrovascular occlusive diseases. Twenty-five patients with cerebrovascular occlusive diseases (8 moyamoya diseases, 10 proximal internal carotid occlusions, and 2 sinus thromboses ) were studied with a 1.5-T MR unit. The MR digital subtraction angiography (MRDSA) was performed per 0.97 s continuously just after a bolus injection of 15 ml of gadolinium chelates up to 40 s in sagittal (covering hemisphere) or coronal planes. Subtraction images were generated at a workstation. We evaluated imaging quality and hemodynamic information of MRDSA in comparison with those of routine MR imaging, non-contrast MR angiography, and X-ray intra-arterial DSA. Major cerebral arteries, all of the venous sinuses, and most tributaries were clearly visualized with 2D MRDSA. Also, pure arterial phases were obtained in all cases. The MRDSA technique demonstrated prolonged circulation in sinus thromboses, distal patent lumen of proximal occlusion, and some collateral circulation. Such hemodynamic information was comparable to that of intra-arterial DSA. Two-dimensional thick-slice MRDSA with high temporal resolution has a unique ability to demonstrate cerebral hemodynamics equivalent to that of intra-arterial DSA and may play an important role for evaluation of cerebrovascular occlusive diseases. Received: 16 November 1999; Revised: 27 June 2000; Accepted: 29 June 2000     

Contrast-enhanced moving-table MR angiography: prospective comparison to catheter arteriography for treatment planning in peripheral arterial occlusive disease

PURPOSE: Prospective comparison of contrast-enhanced moving-table magnetic resonance (MR) angiography to catheter arteriography in endovascular and surgical treatment planning in patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirteen patients scheduled for catheter arteriography for lower extremity arterial occlusive disease underwent contrast-enhanced moving-table MR angiography immediately prior to arteriography. A treatment plan was determined by the vascular surgeon, based on MR angiography, who was blinded to the catheter arteriogram. The treatment plan determined by the MR angiogram was compared to the final treatment plan, which was based on the catheter arteriogram and intraluminal pressure measurements. RESULTS: Treatment plans based on MR angiography and catheter arteriography were identical in 10 of 13 patients (71%). For identifying lesions resulting in intervention, MR angiography had sensitivity of 100% and a positive predictive value of 92%. MR angiography had a treatment specific predictive value of 88% for each lesion identified, and 95% for lesions identified in patients evaluated for claudication. If treatment plans were based on MR angiography only, 46% of patients would have avoided catheter arteriography. CONCLUSION: Contrast-enhanced moving-table MR angiography may be an effective alternative to catheter arteriography in endovascular and surgical treatment planning in selected patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease, but larger studies are necessary to confirm this.     

烟雾病的MRI和MRA诊断

分析和讨论烟雾病的ＭＲＩ和ＭＲＡ表现及其诊断意义。材料和方法：对９例烟雾病患者进行了ＭＲＩ和ＭＲＡ检查,其中２例进行了ＤＳＡ检查。结果：９例ＭＲＩ上,８例显示脑实质改变包括脑梗死５例,脑萎缩２例,脑室扩大１例。８例中４例显示异常血管流空现象。另１例脑内未见异常．ＭＲＡ均良好地显示了病变血管狭窄和闭塞现象,表现为多支、双侧受累,在大脑中动脉为主,与ＤＳＡ所见相仿。结论：ＭＲＩ结合ＭＲＡ可作为烟雾病诊     

320层CT动态容积扫描对烟雾病侧支循环的评价

目的 探讨320层CT动态容积扫描技术在烟雾病侧支循环诊断中的应用价值.方法 搜集23例经临床、影像综合诊断为烟雾病患者的320层CT扫描图像,并结合病史、DSA检查等进行回顾性分析.结果 23例烟雾病患者320层CT动态容积扫描时表现为单侧或双侧颈内动脉颅内段及大脑前、中动脉狭窄或闭塞,颅底动脉环处见细小、杂乱、迂曲代偿血管网.烟雾病侧支循环途径包括willis环(6例)、眼动脉(4例)、颅底烟雾动脉(23例)、软脑膜吻合动脉(4例)、颈外动脉分支(9例)等.结论 320层CT动态容积扫描技术能显示烟雾病患者侧支循环情况,特别能良好显示来源于颈外动脉的侧支循环,具有肯定的临床应用价值.     

Unilateral moyamoya disease with co-existing arteriovenous malformation

A case of an intracerebral bleed in a young man with a rare combination of arteriovenous malformation (AVM) and unilateral moyamoya disease is presented. The location of the bleed in the left basal ganglia corresponded to the area supplied by the basal moyamoya vessels. The AVM which received supply from collateral moyamoya vessels as well as normal cerebral arteries was located in the ipsilateral parieto-occipital region posterior to the basal ganglia bleed. This is the first reported cerebral AVM co-existing with a unilateral moyamoya disease in the English literature. Unusual features of the case such as the unilaterality of the angiographic abnormalities, their coexistence and hypotheses as to their development are discussed.     

MR angiography versus color Doppler sonography in the evaluation of renal vessels and the inferior vena cava in abdominal masses of pediatric patients.

OBJECTIVE: Involvement of renal vessels and the inferior vena cava (IVC) plays a decisive role during operative planning for removal of abdominal masses in pediatric patients. Advantages and limitations of MR angiography and color Doppler sonography for determining these factors were evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS: MR angiography and color Doppler sonography were performed preoperatively in 42 neonates, infants, and children with abdominal masses and were compared with spin-echo MR imaging and with surgical findings. Variables evaluated were anatomic variants, vessel displacement, patency of vessels, collateral circulation, and intravascular tumor extension. Quality of vessel visualization was assessed in vessels not affected by tumor. RESULTS: In 88% of unaffected renal vessels, the entire vessel course could be visualized on MR angiography compared with 58% on color Doppler sonography and 43% on spin-echo MR imaging. In four of nine cases, color Doppler sonography revealed an accessory renal artery, whereas MR angiography revealed these variants in seven of nine cases. MR angiography showed 79% and color Doppler sonography 66% of displaced vessels. Unlike MR angiography, color Doppler sonography did not reveal five stenotic renal veins because they could not be completely imaged. In two cases, however, MR angiography falsely indicated an occlusion of the IVC, whereas color Doppler sonography showed residual flow. CONCLUSION: Anatomic variants, vessel displacement, collateral circulation, and neoplastic vessel infiltration were revealed more accurately by MR angiography than by color Doppler sonography. In cases in which patency of the IVC is unclear on MR angiography, color Doppler sonography should also be performed.     

磁共振血管成像对烟雾病诊断价值的探讨

目的:探讨MRA和MRI对烟雾病的诊断价值。方法:回顾性分析18例烟雾病MRA和DSA表现,18例中5例同时行DSA,采用2.0T超导高磁场MR扫描仪,MRA采用3D-TOF或3D-PC法。DSA采用GE Advantx心血管造影系统。结果:MRA显示狭窄或闭塞的血管,表现为多支、双侧受累。MRI平扫表现脑基底部狭窄、闭塞血管的流空效应减弱甚至消失,侧支循环血管形成所致的点状、条状迂曲低信号影。8例颅内可见血肿。结论:MRA作为一种无创伤的血管成像技术,能准确诊断moyamoya病可以与DSA媲美,结合MRI平扫可同时显示脑组织病变。     

Moyamoya disease: an unusual cause of cerebral infarction

A South African Bantu patient presenting with recurrent strokes and a change in personality was found to have cerebral infarction due to moyamoya disease. The disease has a characteristic radiological pattern of narrowing or occlusion of the distal internal carotid arteries associated with a profuse vascular network at the base of the brain and in the basal ganglia: the moyamoya vessels. The clinical features and the collateral vascular pathways that may develop after cerebral vascular occlusion are discussed and the surgical options for increasing cerebral blood flow described. In this patient a development of the technique in which the superficial temporal artery is laid onto the brain without interruption of the donor vessel was used, with improvement in the clinical picture.     

Three-dimensional high-resolution dynamic contrast-enhanced MR angiography of the pelvis and lower extremities with use of a phased array coil and subtraction: Diagnostic accuracy

In this study, our purpose was to compare the high-resolution contrast-material-enhanced three-dimensional subtraction MR angiography with conventional angiography for occlusive disease in the pelvic and lower extremity arteries. A three-dimensional fast-imaging with steady precession (FISP) sequence with a 256 × 512 matrix was obtained on 1.5T MR unit using a phased array coil. Twenty patients with arteriosclerotic obstructive disease underwent subtraction dynamic contrast-enhanced MR angiography. In 15 patients, three regions (pelvis, upper knee, and lower knee) were sequentially obtained after repeated injection of gadolinium-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-DTPA). In the other five patients, one region was imaged (total of 50 examinations); a maximum-intensity projection (MIP) algorithm was used for subtracted images. All patients also underwent conventional angiography. Angiographic images were divided into several anatomical segments. Three blinded radiologists independently graded a total of 50 anatomic segments with stenotic or obstructive diseases and 90 segments without disease. Subtracted images allowed resolution of small branch vessels in all examinations, although misregistration was seen in eight examinations of five patients. All arteries larger than 1 mm in diameter were visualized on subtracted images. For detection of significant stenosis (>50%), MR angiography had 96% sensitivity and 83% specificity. The correlation coefficient of degree of agreement between MR angiography and conventional angiography was .92. Stenotic vessels tended to be overestimated. We conclude that high-resolution dynamic contrast-enhanced three-dimensional MR angiography is capable of depicting small vessel anatomy of the pelvis and lower extremities. Sequential MR angiography of different regions was feasible by repeated injection of Gd-DTPA and subtraction. This technique is highly sensitive in detecting lesions, but stenosis tended to be overestimated.     

Cerebral MR angiography with multiple overlapping thin slab acquisition. Part II. Early clinical experience.

In a prospective, multicenter study of 164 patients, cerebral magnetic resonance (MR) angiography with multiple overlapping thin slab acquisition was evaluated for image quality and diagnostic accuracy. Of the 164 patients, 87 (53%) underwent either correlative cut-film angiography or surgery. The overall image quality was excellent in 90% of patient studies. Eighteen of 19 aneurysms were detected with MR angiography. The parent artery, the anatomy of the neck and dome, and the size were correctly shown in 17 of the 19 aneurysms. All 19 vascular malformations were seen with MR angiography. Venous malformations and single pedicle arteriovenous malformations were completely defined with MR angiography, while complete definition of complex arteriovenous malformations was frequently difficult. In cerebral tumors, the arteries and veins important in surgical planning were accurately shown in all cases. In ischemic cerebrovascular disease, MR angiography depicted all stenoses and occlusions of first- and second-order cerebral arteries. The inability to depict intraluminal filling defects in any but the large central arteries limited the ability of MR angiography to enable the specific diagnosis of embolic stroke.     

Moyamoya disease: MR imaging

Eleven patients with moyamoya disease were studied with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging performed with a high-field-strength (1.5-T) superconducting magnet. In all cases a fundamental pathologic change of moyamoya disease--occlusion or stenosis of the terminal portion of the internal carotid artery and the proximal portion of anterior and middle cerebral arteries--was clearly demonstrated. The characteristic collateral network from the suprasellar cistern to the basal ganglia, which corresponds to the "moyamoya vessels" on angiograms, was seen in several patients. Various ischemic changes, including infarction, brain atrophy, and ventricular dilatation, were also well demonstrated. MR imaging plays an important role in the diagnosis of moyamoya disease.     

Moyamoya病侧支途径的DSA评价及其与临床的关系

目的 应用DSA分析Moyamoya病的侧支途径,探讨侧支循环建立情况与临床、CT表现之间的关系。材料与方法 回顾分析30例经脑血管造影确诊的Moyamoya病患者的血管造影表现、CT结果及临床资料。结果 所有病例均出现颈内动脉或其分支不同程度狭窄或闭塞和颅底异常血管网（MMD血管）;7例可见后组MMD血管;20例由Willis环提供侧支血流;14例眼动脉增粗;17例软脑膜吻合支明显增粗;1例脉络膜前动脉增粗。30例中头颅CT显示有脑梗塞灶4例,正常表现3例,脑出血23例。结论 DSA是诊断Moyamoya病的金标准,对其侧支途径的研究提供了可靠方法。Moyamoya病的侧支循环建立情况与临床密切相关。明确Moyamoya病的侧支循环情况,可为临床治疗和预后判断提供可靠依据。     

小儿缺血性脑血管病的MRI及MRA诊断

目的 评价磁共振成像（MRI）及磁共振血管成像（MRA）对小儿缺血性脑血管病的诊断价值。方法 回顾性分析了42例小儿缺血性脑血管病患，年龄1.2-14岁，平均7.5岁，全部病例均以急性起病的运动，语言障碍为主要症状来诊，采用轴位T1，T2加权像，部分病例加做冠状位或矢状位成像，其中31例进行了时间飞跃（TOF）法MR血管成像。结果 本组共发现脑缺血8例，脑梗塞34例（其中腔隙梗塞22例，大面积梗塞12例），单支颅内动脉狭窄6例。多支动脉狭窄4例；单支动脉闭塞3例。多支动脉闭塞2例；MOYAMOYA病9例（其中3例可见脑底异常血管网）。4例图像上有运动伪影，但能达到诊断要求，全部病例中，MRI表现典型，能单独确诊36例，占85.7%，MRI与MRA相结合能确诊40例，达95.2%，其余2例仅用MRI及MRA不能明确诊断，需结合临床资料及经随访证实。结论 MRI结合MRA是小儿缺血性脑血管病的理想检查方法，可准确显示脑动脉的狭窄，闭塞性病变及其继发的脑缺血，梗塞病灶，对定性诊断具有重要价值。