多发性硬化型脊髓炎MRI研究进展

脊髓炎是一种脊髓炎性病变导致运动、感觉及自主神经功能障碍的综合征,常常给患者带来不同程度的残疾,其主要包括疾病相关性脊髓炎和特发性横贯性脊髓炎。临床中对多发性硬化(multiple sclerosis,MS)型脊髓炎的诊断存在一定的困难,但随着神经高级影像学的快速发展,MRI已成为MS型脊髓炎诊断的重要手段。现就MS型脊髓炎MRI研究进展进行综述。     

三维真实重建反转恢复磁共振成像在梅尼埃病内耳淋巴造影中的诊断价值

目的对比分析钆喷酸葡胺(Gadolinium-diethylene triamine pentaacetic acids,Gd-DTPA)增强的三维液体衰减反转恢复(three-dimensional fluid-attenuated inversionrecovery,3D FLAIR)与三维真实重建反转恢复(three-dimensional real inversionrecovery,3D real IR)磁共振成像(magnetic resonance imaging,MRI)在梅尼埃病内耳内淋巴积水中的诊断价值。材料与方法回顾性分析29例梅尼埃病患者,男10例,女19例,年龄22~71岁,12例为双侧耳发病,17例为单侧耳发病,共患侧耳41只。29例患者均经咽鼓管向中耳鼓室内注入Gd-DTPA稀释液,24 h后行3D FLAIR序列及3D realIR序列MRI内耳造影,在两种序列图像上分别定量测量前庭最大切面及穿过窝轴的耳蜗底旋短轴切面的内淋巴间隙与总淋巴间隙面积比值R(前庭为RV,耳蜗为RC)及定性评估相应内淋巴积水分级G (前庭为GV,耳蜗为GC),比较两组扫描序列图像所测得的RV、RC、GV及GC的差异。结果 29例梅尼埃病患者41只患侧耳中,3D FLAIR与3D real IR两种序列所测得的RV、RC、GC及GV均具有统计学差异性(PRV=0.000,PRC=0.000,PGV=0.000,PGC=0.001),3D real IR序列测得的RV及RC值大于3D FLAIR序列测得值,GV及GC达1~2级(即发现内淋巴积水)患耳数量大于3D FLAIR序列。结论相比于3D FLAIR序列,3D real IR序列内耳造影对于梅尼埃病患者内耳内淋巴积水的检测更敏感,检出率更高。     

单指数、双指数、拉伸指数模型DWI在胶质瘤术前分级中的应用

目的探讨单指数、双指数、拉伸指数模型扩散加权成像(diffusion weightedimaging,DWI)对胶质瘤术前分级的诊断性能,评价灌注参数与血流量(cerebral bloodflow,CBF)的相关性。材料与方法收集经手术病理证实为脑胶质瘤的病例34例,包括低级别17例,高级别17例。受试者术前均行常规扫描、3D动脉自旋标记成像(threedemensional arterial spin labeling,3D ASL)及多b值DWI序列扫描,利用FUNCTIONTOOL后处理软件中的单指数模型计算得到表观扩散系数(apparent diffusion coefficient,ADC),利用双指数模型得到D、D*、f值,利用拉伸指数模型得到分布扩散系数(distribute diffusion coefficient,DDC)、水分子各向异性(alpha,α),利用3D ASL后处理软件得到CBF值。所得各参数利用SAS9.4统计软件进行分析。结果高级别胶质瘤ADC、D、f、DDC、ɑ值低于低级别胶质瘤,D*值高于低级别胶质瘤,P值均<0.05;全部胶质瘤D*与CBF呈正相关(r=0.51,P<0.05);受试者工作特性(receiver operatingcharactsteristic,ROC)曲线分析得出:ɑ、D、DDC、ADC值的曲线下面积(area undercurve,AUC)分别为0.969、0.965、0.961、0.957,其诊断阈值分别为0.88×10^-3mm^2/s、0.86×10^-3mm^2/s、1.10×10^-3mm^2/s、1.11×10^-3mm^2/s。结论单指数、双指数、拉伸指数模型DWI为胶质瘤术前提供更多诊断信息,ɑ、D、DDC、ADC值在鉴别高、低级别胶质瘤均有较高价值,且灌注参数D*与CBF呈正相关。     

冰毒成瘾者脑结构改变的磁共振研究

目的采用AccuBrain全自动大脑结构分割量化技术,探讨冰毒成瘾者与正常人脑结构的差异。材料与方法25例冰毒吸食者及37名正常志愿者采用3.0T磁共振与64通道头部正交线圈进行T1-3D扫描。采用AccuBrain进行后处理,获取脑部各区间结构。基于脑部自动分割结果,对相应脑区的绝对体积和相对体积进行测量。采用SPSS22.0进行统计学分析,结果以P<0.05表示差异具有统计学意义。结果冰毒组的小脑、左侧海马、双侧伏隔区较正常人缩小,左侧侧脑室则较正常人增大。结论吸食冰毒会造成脑结构改变,可针对性进行治疗与预防。     

肝内原发胃肠道外间质瘤影像表现一例

患者,女,77岁。2016年12月在外院超声体检发现肝占位性病变,随后来我院行CT、MR检查,肝左叶占位,截面直径约为5.0 cm,诊断为不典型血管瘤。2017年6月复查上腹部MR,病变信号不均,其周边可见多发分叶状病变,范围较前进展,大小为5.9 cm×5.0 cm×3.5 cm,余未见异常。     

Apathy is associated with white matter abnormalities in anterior,medial brain regions in persons with HIV infection

Apathy is a relatively common psychiatric syndrome in HIV infection, but little is known about its neural correlates. In the present study, we examined the associations between apathy and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) indices in key frontal white matter regions in the thalamocorticostriatal circuit, which has been implicated in the expression of apathy. Nineteen participants with HIV infection and 19 demographically comparable seronegative comparison subjects completed the Apathy subscale of the Frontal Systems Behavioral Scale as a part of a comprehensive neuropsychiatric research evaluation. When compared to the seronegative participants, the HIV+ group had significantly more frontal white matter abnormalities. Within HIV+ persons, and as predicted, higher ratings of apathy were associated with greater white matter alterations in the anterior corona radiata, genu, and orbital medial prefrontal cortex. The associations between white matter alterations and apathy were independent of depression and were stronger among participants with lower current cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) counts. All told, these findings indicate that apathy is independently associated with white matter abnormalities in anterior, medial brain regions in persons infected with HIV, particularly in the setting of lower current immune functioning, which may have implications for antiretroviral therapy.     

Graph theory findings in the pathophysiology of temporal lobe epilepsy

Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common form of adult epilepsy. Accumulating evidence has shown that TLE is a disorder of abnormal epileptogenic networks, rather than focal sources. Graph theory allows for a network-based representation of TLE brain networks, and has potential to illuminate characteristics of brain topology conducive to TLE pathophysiology, including seizure initiation and spread. We review basic concepts which we believe will prove helpful in interpreting results rapidly emerging from graph theory research in TLE. In addition, we summarize the current state of graph theory findings in TLE as they pertain its pathophysiology. Several common findings have emerged from the many modalities which have been used to study TLE using graph theory, including structural MRI, diffusion tensor imaging, surface EEG, intracranial EEG, magnetoencephalography, functional MRI, cell cultures, simulated models, and mouse models, involving increased regularity of the interictal network configuration, altered local segregation and global integration of the TLE network, and network reorganization of temporal lobe and limbic structures. As different modalities provide different views of the same phenomenon, future studies integrating data from multiple modalities are needed to clarify findings and contribute to the formation of a coherent theory on the pathophysiology of TLE.