American Journal of Neuroradiology, Vol 18, Issue 8 1485-1490, Copyright © 1997 by American Society of Neuroradiology
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MR imaging, MR angiography, and MR spectroscopy of the brain in eclampsia
AR Sengar, RK Gupta, AK Dhanuka, R Roy and K Das
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, KG Medical College, Lucknow, India.
PURPOSE: To compare the MR imaging and MR angiographic changes with in vivo proton MR spectroscopic findings and to determine the spectral differences between edema and ischemia in patients with eclampsia. METHODS: Spin-echo MR imaging, MR angiography, and single-voxel proton MR spectroscopy were performed in 10 patients with eclampsia. MR studies were obtained within 3 to 5 days of diagnosis and repeated after 2 weeks with identical parameters. RESULTS: Multifocal subcortical/cortical hyperintensities were noted in all 10 patients on T2-weighted images; in two patients, hyperintensities were seen in both cerebral hemispheres. In nine patients, MR angiograms showed narrowing of the major vessels constituting the circle of Willis that resolved after 2 weeks. In one patient with subtle imaging changes, MR angiography showed mild bilateral narrowing of the proximal middle and posterior cerebral arteries that did not change after 2 weeks, whereas imaging abnormalities worsened. Findings at single-voxel MR spectroscopy of the reversible T2 hyperintense lesions were significantly different from findings in the control group for N- acetylaspartate (NAA)/creatine ratios. One patient with mild abnormalities at MR imaging and MR angiography had lactate and decreased creatine and NAA, and on a follow-up study had a further decrease of NAA and creatine as well as a decrease in lactate. CONCLUSION: In vivo proton MR spectroscopy may help to differentiate cerebral edema from ischemia in patients with eclampsia and thus may help to determine the prognosis for these patients.
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