Use of high b value diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in acute encephalopathy/encephalitis during childhood

被引:8
作者
Tsubouchi, Yoshiko [1 ]
Itamura, Shinji [1 ]
Saito, Yoshiaki [1 ]
Yamashita, Eijiro [2 ]
Shinohara, Yuki [2 ]
Okazaki, Tetsuya [1 ]
Ohno, Koyo [1 ]
Nishimura, Yoko [1 ]
Oguri, Masayoshi [1 ]
Maegaki, Yoshihiro [1 ]
机构
[1] Tottori Univ, Div Child Neurol, Dept Brain & Neurosci, Fac Med, Yonago, Tottori, Japan
[2] Fac Med, Div Radiol, Dept Pathophysiol & Therapeut Sci, Yonago, Tottori, Japan
基金
日本学术振兴会;
关键词
High b value; Diffusion-weighted imaging; Apparent diffusion coefficient; Acute encephalopathy; Childhood; MRI ABNORMALITIES; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS; STROKE;
D O I
10.1016/j.braindev.2017.07.012
中图分类号
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
学科分类号
摘要
Aim: To determine the use of high b value diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in the diagnosis and assessment of acute febrile encephalopathy/encephalitis in childhood. Subjects and methods: We enrolled 22 children, for whom we examined DWI with b = 1000 s/mm(2), DWI with b = 3000 s/mm(2), and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) map with h = 1000 during the acute phase of febrile encephalopathy/encephalitis. Clinical diagnoses included acute encephalopathy with biphasic seizures and late reduced diffusion (AESD; n = 6), clinically mild encephalopathy/encephalitis with a reversible splenial lesion (MERS; n = 6), and herpes simplex virus encephalitis (HSE; n = 3), unclassified acute encephalopathy/acute encephalitis (n = 2); acute encephalitis with refractory, repetitive partial seizures (AERRPS; = 1); other encephalopathy (n = 1); infarction (n = 1); head injury (n = 1); or mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (n = 1). The diagnostic quality of brain lesions was compared between h = 1000 and b = 3000 DWI images by visual inspection. In addition, we attempted a quantitative assessment using apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) value and an index of signal intensity (SI) ratio, defined as the mean SI at the affected lesion divided by the mean SI at the pons. Results: High intensity lesions were either visible only on h = 3000 DWI (n = 5; 2 AESD, I MERS, I HSE, and 1 unclassifiable encephalopathy) or more effectively identified on b = 3000 DWI than on b = 1000 DWI (n = 17). The outcome of the former five subjects was favorable, without motor or intellectual sequelae. The mean SI ratio of b = 3000 was significantly greater than that of = 1000 in AESD and MERS subgroups as well as in all 22 subjects. Mean ADC values were lower in the AESD and MERS than that in the HSE subgroups. Conclusion: We concluded that b = 3000 DWI was superior to b = 1000 DWI in detecting abnormal lesions in acute encephalopathy/encephalitis during childhood. (C) 2017 The Japanese Society of Child Neurology. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:116 / 125
页数:10
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