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JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY
卷 45, 期 2, 页码 130-135出版社
MASSON EDITEUR
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2017.09.005
关键词
Meningitis; Tuberculous meningitis; Cerebral venous thrombosis; Infarction; MR venography; MR angiography
资金
- Indian Council of Medical Research, Government of India
Background. - Central nervous system infection especially pyogenic results in cerebral venous sinus thrombosis. Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) although associated with infarctions but there is no comprehensive study evaluating the role of CVST contributing in infarction. Purpose. - To evaluate cerebral arterial and venous system using MR angiography (MRA) and MR venography (MRV) in TBM, and correlate with clinical and MRI findings. Materials and methods. - Consecutive patients with TBM were evaluated clinically and their consciousness was assessed by using Glasgow Coma scale. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis was done. Patients were subjected to MRI, MRA and MRV studies. The severity of TBM was categorized as grades I to III. Presence of infarction on MRI and its cause as arterial or venous was noted based on MRA and MRV abnormalities. Results. - Twenty-six patients were included whose median age was 23 years. Seven (26.9%) patients had stage I, 12 (46.2%) stage II and 7 (26.9%) stage III TBM. MRI revealed infarction in 13 (50%) patients and were in tubercular zone (caudate, lentiform nuclei, anterior limb and genu of internal capsule, and anterior thalamus) in all except one. MRA was abnormal in 11/25 (42.3%) patients; 7 had middle cerebral artery, 2 both posterior cerebral artery and middle cerebral artery, and 2 had narrowing of all intracranial vessels. MRV however did not reveal any evidence of CVST although revealed variation in normal anatomy in 14 (53.8%) patients, commonest being hypoplastic transverse sinus. Conclusion. - In TBM, infarction occurs in 50% patients, and is of arterial in origin. Cerebral venous system is usually spared in TBM. (C) 2017 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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