Journal
CNS NEUROSCIENCE & THERAPEUTICS
Volume 27, Issue 10, Pages 1118-1126Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/cns.13693
Keywords
erythrolysis; hematoma; intracerebral hemorrhage; iron overload; magnetic resonance imaging; white matter loss
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- National Institutes of Health [NS099684, NS104663]
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This study investigated the time course of red blood cell lysis in ICH patients using MRI, revealing correlations between perihematomal iron accumulation and white matter loss with erythrolysis extent and hematoma volume in the early and subacute periods after ICH. MRI may be a reliable tool for assessing hematoma lysis over time and its impact on surrounding tissues.
Aims Iron released from lysed red blood cells within the hematoma plays a role in intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH)-related neurotoxicity. This study utilizes magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to examine the time course, extent of erythrolysis, and its correlation with perihematomal iron accumulation and white matter loss. Methods The feasibility of assessing proportional erythrolysis using T2* MRI was examined using pig blood phantoms with specified degrees of erythrolysis. Fifteen prospectively enrolled ICH patients had MRIs (3-Tesla) at days 1-3, 14, and 30 (termed early, subacute, and late periods, respectively). Measurement was performed on T2*, 1/T2*, and fractional anisotropy (FA) maps. Results Pig blood phantoms showed a linear relationship between 1/T2* signal and percent erythrolysis. MRI on patients showed an increase in erythrolysis within the hematoma between the early and subacute phases after ICH, almost completing by day 14. Although perihematomal iron overload (IO) correlated with the erythrolysis extent and hematoma volume at days 14 and 30, perihematomal white matter (WM) loss significantly correlated with both, only at day 14. Conclusion MRI may reliably assess the portion of the hematoma that lyses over time after ICH. Perihematomal IO and WM loss correlate with both the erythrolysis extent and hematoma volume in the early and subacute periods following ICH.
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