R Li1,2, P-A Shi3, T-F Liu2, Y Li2, Y Wang2, K Wu2, X-J Chen2, H-F Xiao2, Y-L Wang2, L Ma4,2, X Lou2. 1. From the School of Medicine (R.L., L.M.), Nankai University, Tianjin, China. 2. Department of Radiology (R.L., T.-F.L., Y.L., Y.W., K.W., X.-J.C., H.-F.X., Y.-L.W., L.M., X.L.), Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, China. 3. Department of Endocrinology (P.-A.S.), Cangzhou Central Hospital, Cangzhou, Hebei, China. 4. From the School of Medicine (R.L., L.M.), Nankai University, Tianjin, China cjr.malin@vip.163.com.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Early diagnosis and treatment of herpes simplex encephalitis are crucial to reduce morbidity and mortality. Our aim was to investigate the role of 3D pseudocontinuous arterial spin-labeling in herpes simplex encephalitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From 2014 to 2019, seventeen consecutive patients with herpes simplex encephalitis and 15 healthy volunteers were recruited in the study. Conventional MR imaging and 3D pseudocontinuous arterial spin-labeling were performed in all subjects. According to the disease duration, the lesions were classified into 3 groups, including acute, subacute, and chronic stages, respectively. Clinical, neuroradiologic, and follow-up features were studied. The normalized lesion/normal tissue CBF values of lesions at different stages were measured and compared with those in the control group, respectively. RESULTS: Compared with the control group, herpes simplex encephalitis demonstrated hyperperfusion in 11 acute cases and 6 subacute cases and hypoperfusion in 6 chronic cases. The mean normalized lesion/normal tissue CBF values of the lesions were 2.68 ± 0.54 in the acute stage, 2.42 ± 0.52 in the subacute stage, and 0.87 ± 0.30 in the chronic stage, respectively. The mean normalized lesion/normal tissue CBF values of acute and subacute lesions were significantly higher than those of the control group (1.33 ± 0.08; P < .001, respectively), while the mean normalized lesion/normal tissue CBF values of chronic lesions were lower than those of the control group (P < .05). Gradual perfusion reduction on serial 3D pseudocontinuous arterial spin-labeling was observed in herpes simplex encephalitis after effective therapy. CONCLUSIONS: Conventional MR imaging remains most helpful in the diagnosis of herpes simplex encephalitis, while 3D pseudocontinuous arterial spin-labeling could be an adjunctive technique by providing dynamic CBF features at different stages in herpes simplex encephalitis.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Early diagnosis and treatment of herpes simplex encephalitis are crucial to reduce morbidity and mortality. Our aim was to investigate the role of 3D pseudocontinuous arterial spin-labeling in herpes simplex encephalitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From 2014 to 2019, seventeen consecutive patients with herpes simplex encephalitis and 15 healthy volunteers were recruited in the study. Conventional MR imaging and 3D pseudocontinuous arterial spin-labeling were performed in all subjects. According to the disease duration, the lesions were classified into 3 groups, including acute, subacute, and chronic stages, respectively. Clinical, neuroradiologic, and follow-up features were studied. The normalized lesion/normal tissue CBF values of lesions at different stages were measured and compared with those in the control group, respectively. RESULTS: Compared with the control group, herpes simplex encephalitis demonstrated hyperperfusion in 11 acute cases and 6 subacute cases and hypoperfusion in 6 chronic cases. The mean normalized lesion/normal tissue CBF values of the lesions were 2.68 ± 0.54 in the acute stage, 2.42 ± 0.52 in the subacute stage, and 0.87 ± 0.30 in the chronic stage, respectively. The mean normalized lesion/normal tissue CBF values of acute and subacute lesions were significantly higher than those of the control group (1.33 ± 0.08; P < .001, respectively), while the mean normalized lesion/normal tissue CBF values of chronic lesions were lower than those of the control group (P < .05). Gradual perfusion reduction on serial 3D pseudocontinuous arterial spin-labeling was observed in herpes simplex encephalitis after effective therapy. CONCLUSIONS: Conventional MR imaging remains most helpful in the diagnosis of herpes simplex encephalitis, while 3D pseudocontinuous arterial spin-labeling could be an adjunctive technique by providing dynamic CBF features at different stages in herpes simplex encephalitis.
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