人工脑脊液置换治疗高血压性脑室出血

目的研究高血压性脑室出血的新疗法。方法将60例高血压性脑室出血患者随机分为研究组与对照组,研究组给予药物加人工脑脊液置换治疗,对照组给予药物加侧脑室引流术治疗,比较两组患者的治疗效果。结果两组患者治疗后15、90、180d临床疗效间差别均有显著性意义(P<0.01)。结论人工脑脊液置换术可能成为高血压性脑室出血的有效治疗方法。     

双能量CT头颅血管成像的影像质量、辐射剂量及初步临床应用

Objective To assess the clinical value of dual-energy intracranial CT angiography (CTA).Methods Forty-one patients suspected of intracranial vascular diseases underwent dual-energy intracranial CT angiography, and 41 patients who underwent conventional subtraction CT were enrolled as the control group.Image quality of intracranial and skull base vessels and radiation dose between dual-energy CTA and conventional subtraction CTA were compared using two independent sample nonparametrie test and independent-samples t test, respectively.Prevalence and size of lesions detected by dual-energy CTA and digital subtraction CTA were compared using paired-samples t test and Spearman correlative analysis. Results The percentage of image quality scored 5 was 70.7% (29/41) for dual-energy CTA and 75.6% (31/41) for conventional subtraction CTA.There was no significant difference between the two groups(Z= -0.455, P=0.650).Image quality of vessels at the skull base in conventional subtraction CTA was superior to that in dual-energy CTA, especially for the petrosal and syphon segment (Z=-4.087, P= 0.000).Radiation exposure of dual energy CTA and conventional CTA were (396.54±17.43) and (1090.95±114.29) mGy · cm respectively.Radiation exposure was decreased by 64% (t=-38.52, P=0.000) by dual energy CTA compared with conventional subtraction CTA.Out of the 41 patients,19 patients were diagnosed as intracranial aneurysm, 2 patients as arteriovenous malformation (AVM), 3 patients with Moya-moya's disease, and the remaining 17 patients with negative results.Nine patients with intracranial aneurysm, 2 patients with AVM, 3 patients with Moya-moya's disease, and 2 patients with negative findings underwent DSA or operation, with concordant findings from both techniques.Diameter of aneurysm neck, long axis and minor axis by dual-energy CTA was (2.90±1.61), (5.23±1.68) and (3.83±1.69) nun, respectively; Diameter of aneurysm neck, long axis and minor axis by DSA was (2.95±1.71), (5.10±1.60) ,(3.83±1.65) nan,respectively.There was no significant difference for the diameters of aneurysm between dual energy CTA and DSA ((t=-0.734,1.936,0.12.5 respectively, P=0.482,0.085,0.903 respectively), and good correlation was found between diameter measurements using the two techniques(r=0.964,0.976,0.973, respectively, all P=0.000) Conclusions Compared with conventional subtraction CTA, dual energy CTA has good image quality for intracranial vessels; however, image quality of the skull base vessels is worse, especially for the petrosal and syphon segment.Dual energy CTA has decreased radiation dose and a high diagnostic accuracy, being a practical imaging madality for diagnosis of intracranial vascular lesions.     

Neuroradiological features of intracranial and intraorbital meningeal haemangiopericytomas

The neuroradiological features of six intracranial and one intraorbital haemangiopericytomas (HP) are reviewed. CT was performed before and after IV contrast medium in 5 patients. In 2 patients MRI was performed before and after contrast medium; in another, only unenhanced images were obtained. Five patients were studied by selective external and internal carotid artery angiography. Women constituted 5 of the 7 patients, and the mean age was 50.5 years, thus the sex and age distribution did not differ from that of typical meningiomas. Contrary to previous reports, calcification was present in two of the intracranial HP, and bone erosion was clearly seen in one intracranial HP and the orbital lesion. On MRI the tumours showed no differences from angioblastic meningiomas. All 6 intracranial HP were aggressive; all recurred following treatment and extracerebral metastasis occurred in one case.     

高渗盐水与甘露醇对颅脑手术患者脑氧代谢的影响

目的 比较3％高渗盐水（HTS）与20％甘露醇对颅脑手术患者脑氧代谢的影响。方法 择期大脑半球胶质瘤切除术患者40例，ASAⅠ级或Ⅱ级，随机分为2组（n=20）：3％HTS组（HTS组）和20％甘露醇组（M组）。采用静吸复合麻醉，呼气末异氟醚浓度为1 MAC、血液动力学稳定15．min后，分别于15 min内静脉输注3％HTS 5．35 ml／kg或20％，甘露醇1 g／kg。L3，4珠网膜下腔置管测脑脊液压力（CSFP），行右颈静脉球穿刺置管、采血，测定颈静脉球氧饱和度。分别于输注前（T0）、输注完即刻（T1）、输注完15min（T2）、30min（T3）、60min（T4）、120min（T5）监测CSFP;于T0、T3-T5时监测平均动脉压，采集颈静脉球部和桡动脉血，进行血气分析，计算动脉-静脉氧含量差（Da-jvO2）、脑氧摄取率（CERO2）。结果 与T0比较，2组CSFP在T2-T5时降低，Da-jvO2和CERO2在T4，5时降低（P〈0．05）;与M组比较，HTS组CSFP在T2时降低（P〈0．05）。结论 3％HTS与20%甘露醇均可有效地降低颅内压，改善颅脑手术患者的脑氧代谢。     

Design and application of sensor for recording sounds over human eye and nose

The recording of sounds over the oribt of the eye has been found to be useful in the detection of intracranial aneurysms. A hydrophone for auscultation over the eye has been developed and is tested under controlled conditions. The tests consist of measurement over the eyes in three healthy volunteers at rest, during voluntary breathing, during eyeball movements and during sustained orbicular muscular contractions. Furthermore, measurements are performed at the side of the nose. Major features of the hydrophonic transducer are high sensitivity to physiological sounds and a high degree of insensitivity to environmental sounds propagated through the air. It can be concluded that the hydrophone may be useful for the early detection of intracranial aneurysms and also for apnoea detection.     

Stability of intracranial self-stimulation following hypophysectomy

The possibility of a hypothalamo-pituitary involvement in the intracranial self-stimulation phenomenon was investigated. Threshold and optimal stimulation currents were identified by means of the method of limits, in rats with bipolar electrodes implanted in the lateral hypothalamus. Total or sham hypophysectomies were performed after the establishment of these current values, and found to have no effect on reinforcing brain stimulation. It was concluded that a hypothalamo-pituitary mechanism does not subserve reinforcing brain stimulation.     

The effect of elevated intracranial pressure on the vibrational response of the ovine head

Although potentially fatal increases in intracranial pressure (ICP) can occur in a number of pathological conditions, there is no reliable and noninvasive procedure to detect ICP elevation and quantitatively monitor changes over time. In this experimental study, the relationships between ICP elevation and the vibrational response of the head were determined. An ovine animal model was employed in which incremental increases in ICP were elicited and directly measured through intraventricular cannulae. At each ICP increment, a vibration source elicited a flexural response of the animal's head that was measured at four locations on the skull using accelerometers. Spectral analysis of the responses showed changes in proportion to ICP change up to roughly 20 cm H₂O (15 mm Hg) above normal; a clinically significant range. Both magnitude and phase changes at frequencies between 4 and 7 kHz correlated well (γ>0.92) with ICP across the study group. These findings suggest that the vibrational response of the head can be used to monitor changes in ICP noninvasively.     

Dependence of the anterior olfactory area self-stimulation upon the lateral hypothalamic area

The functional relation between the anterior olfactory area (AO) and the lateral hypothalamic area (LH) was examined in a self-stimulation situation. Bar-pressing responses for AO sitmulation were suppressed by unilateral injection of procaine, and enhanced by glutamate, into LH. Neither procaine nor glutamate injected into AO had any influence upon LH self-stimulation. It is unlikely that the procaine effect was due to motor disturbance because similar injection of procaine into LH did not disturb the performance of a one-way avoidance task. It appears that the rewarding effect of AO stimulation is dependent upon the excitation of the more caudal structures including LH.     

Familial occurrence of intracranial arterial occlusive disease (Moyamoya) in neurofibromatosis

Two out of six siblings with neurofibromatosis (in a sibship of eight) had clinical and roentgenographic evidence of Moyamoya-type, intracranial arterial occlusive disease. This rare vascular complication of neurofibromatosis has not previously occurred among primary relatives. Several possible etiologies for such an association are discussed.