Imagem por tensores de difusão em crianças com leucomalácia periventricular / Diffusion tensor imaging in children with periventricular leukomalacia

AUTOR(ES)

Lidia Mayumi Nagae

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

Conventional magnetic resonance (MR) imaging shows evidence of brain injury and/or maldevelopment in 70-90% of children with cerebral palsy (CP), though its capability to identify specific white matter tract injury is limited. The great variability of white matter lesions in CP already demonstrated by post-mortem studies is thought to be one of the reasons why response to treatment is so variable. Our hypothesis is that diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a suitable technique to provide in vivo characterization of specific white matter tract lesions in children with CP associated with periventricular leukomalacia (PVL). In this study, 24 children with CP associated with PVL and 35 healthy controls were evaluated with DTI. Criteria for identification of 26 white matter tracts on the basis of 2D DTI colorcoded maps were established, and a qualitative scoring system, based on visual inspection of the tracts in comparison with age-matched controls, was used to grade the severity of abnormalities for each white matter tract evaluated. There was marked variability in white matter injury pattern in patients with PVL, with the most frequent injury to the retrolenticular part of the internal capsule, posterior thalamic radiation, superior corona radiata, and commissural fibers. DTI is a suitable technique for in vivo assessment of specific white matter lesions in patients with PVL and, thus, a potentially valuable diagnostic tool. Tract-specific evaluation revealed a family of tracts that are highly susceptible in PVL, important information that can potentially be used to tailor treatment options in the future

ASSUNTO(S)

imagem por ressonância magnética cerebral palsy magnetic resonance imaging diffusion tensor imaging imagem por tensores de difusão periventricular leukomalacia leucomalácia periventricular criança child paralisia cerebral

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