Minor cerebral alterations observed by magnetic resonance imaging in syndromic children with mental retardation

被引：21

作者：

Gabrielli, O ^{[1
]}

Coppa, GV ^{[1
]}

Manzoni, M ^{[1
]}

Carloni, I ^{[1
]}

Kantar, A ^{[1
]}

Maricotti, M ^{[1
]}

Salvolini, U ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Ancona, Dept Pediat, Ancona, Italy

来源：

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY | 1998年 / 27卷 / 02期

关键词：

cerebral magnetic resonance imaging; malformation syndromes; mental retardation;

D O I：

10.1016/S0720-048X(97)00040-5

中图分类号：

R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;

摘要：

Objective: To evaluate the anomalies of the central nervous system (CNS) by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in normal subjects and in syndromic patients. Methods and material: Seventy-three normal subjects and 50 different syndromic patients with mental retardation (from 3 months to 16 years) were studied utilizing several morphometric parameters (degree of myelination of the white matter, evaluation of liquoral spaces, septo-caudate distance, Evans index, Aboulezz method, and length, width and angles of corpus callosum). Results: A high frequency of anomalies of the corpus callosum, the Chiari anomaly and alterations either of the white matter or of the ventricular and periencephalic system have been observed. Conclusion: The authors point out the importance of cerebral MRI in the study of CNS in patients with malformation syndromes. The present research, carried out on a large number of both normal subjects and patients with malformation syndromes, represents one of the first systematic studies in this field. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：139 / 144

页数：6

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