BACKGROUND: Perivascular space (PVS) is associated with neurodegenerative and neuroimmune diseases. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is traditionally a neuroimmune disease. However, studies show neurodegeneration also plays a vital role in MS. At present, most studies conclude severer PVS in MS is an imaging marker of neuroinflammation, while a 7T MRI study suggests that PVS in MS is associated with neurodegeneration. METHODS: In this study, 82 MS patients (n=82) and 32 healthy controls (n=32) were enrolled. The following indexes were measured: the number, size and distribution of PVS, the PVS score, corpus callosum index (CCI), corpus callosum area (CCA), the ratio of the corpus callosum to the cranium (CCR), aligned third ventricle width (a3VW), and unaligned third ventricle width (u3VW). RESULTS: The PVS score (4 vs. 3, P=0.041), PVSs number (103.280±45.107 vs. 87.625±30.139, P=0.035), and enlarged perivascular spaces (EPVSs) number (9 vs. 1, P<0.001) of MS patients were significantly higher than in the healthy controls. PVSs number (23.5 vs. 13) and EPVSs number (1 vs. 0) in the basal ganglia (BG), and EPVSs number (3 vs. 0) in centrum semiovale (CSO) of MS patients were significantly higher than in the healthy controls, P<0.001. In MS patients, PVS was correlated with age and hypertension but not to the extended disability status scale (EDSS) score and other clinical data. In MS patients, PVS score was correlated with CCA (rs=0.272; P=0.013) and the CCR (rs=0.219; P=0.048), and PVSs number was correlated with CCA (rs=0.255; P=0.021), the correlation disappeared after adjusting hypertension and age. In MS patients in remission, PVSs number was correlated with CCA (rs=0.487; P=0.019), CCR (rs=0.479; P=0.021), and PVS score was correlated with CCA (rs=0.453; P=0.03). After adjustment of hypertension and age, the total number of PVSs was correlated with CCA (rs=0.419; P=0.049). CONCLUSIONS: The PVS load in MS patients was heavier than healthy people, especially in BG and CSO. PVS was not correlated with EDSS in MS patients. The PVS of MS patients was associated with CCA and CCR, and PVSs number was independently related with CCA in MS patients in remission. 2022 Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. All rights reserved.
BACKGROUND: Perivascular space (PVS) is associated with neurodegenerative and neuroimmune diseases. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is traditionally a neuroimmune disease. However, studies show neurodegeneration also plays a vital role in MS. At present, most studies conclude severer PVS in MS is an imaging marker of neuroinflammation, while a 7T MRI study suggests that PVS in MS is associated with neurodegeneration. METHODS: In this study, 82 MS patients (n=82) and 32 healthy controls (n=32) were enrolled. The following indexes were measured: the number, size and distribution of PVS, the PVS score, corpus callosum index (CCI), corpus callosum area (CCA), the ratio of the corpus callosum to the cranium (CCR), aligned third ventricle width (a3VW), and unaligned third ventricle width (u3VW). RESULTS: The PVS score (4 vs. 3, P=0.041), PVSs number (103.280±45.107 vs. 87.625±30.139, P=0.035), and enlarged perivascular spaces (EPVSs) number (9 vs. 1, P<0.001) of MS patients were significantly higher than in the healthy controls. PVSs number (23.5 vs. 13) and EPVSs number (1 vs. 0) in the basal ganglia (BG), and EPVSs number (3 vs. 0) in centrum semiovale (CSO) of MS patients were significantly higher than in the healthy controls, P<0.001. In MS patients, PVS was correlated with age and hypertension but not to the extended disability status scale (EDSS) score and other clinical data. In MS patients, PVS score was correlated with CCA (rs=0.272; P=0.013) and the CCR (rs=0.219; P=0.048), and PVSs number was correlated with CCA (rs=0.255; P=0.021), the correlation disappeared after adjusting hypertension and age. In MS patients in remission, PVSs number was correlated with CCA (rs=0.487; P=0.019), CCR (rs=0.479; P=0.021), and PVS score was correlated with CCA (rs=0.453; P=0.03). After adjustment of hypertension and age, the total number of PVSs was correlated with CCA (rs=0.419; P=0.049). CONCLUSIONS: The PVS load in MS patients was heavier than healthy people, especially in BG and CSO. PVS was not correlated with EDSS in MS patients. The PVS of MS patients was associated with CCA and CCR, and PVSs number was independently related with CCA in MS patients in remission. 2022 Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. All rights reserved.
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