The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회지)
- Volume 34 Issue 3
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- Pages.183-198
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- 2000
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- 1225-6714(pISSN)
Alterations of Cerebral Blood Flow and Cerebrovascular Reserve in Patients with Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury Accompanying Deteriorated Intelligence
지능 저하를 동반한 두부외상 환자에서 뇌혈류 및 혈류예비능의 변화
- Song, Ho-Chun (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital) ;
- Bom, Hee-Seung (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital)
- Published : 2000.06.30
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate alterations of regional cerebral blood flow (CBF) and cerebrovascular reserve (CVR), and correlation between these alternations and cognitive dysfunction in patients with chronic traumatic brain injury (TBI) and normal brain MRI findings. Materials and Methods: Thirty TBI patients and 19 healthy volunteers underwent rest/acetazolamide brain SPECT using Tc-99m HMPAO. Korean-Wechsler Adult Intelligence scale test was also performed in the patient group. Statistical analysis was performed with statistical parametric mapping software (SPM'97) Results: CBF was diminished in the left hemisphere including Wernicke's area in all patients with lower verbal scale scores. In addition, a reduction in CBF in the right frontal, temporal and parietal cortices was related with depressed scores in information, digital span, arithmetic and similarities. In patients with lower performance scale scores, CBF was mainly diminished in the right hemisphere including superior temporal and supramarginal gyri, premotor, primary somatomotor and a part of prefrontal cortices, left frontal lobe and supramarginal gyrus. CVR was diminished in sixty-four Brodmann's areas compared to control. A reduction in CVR was demonstrated bilaterally in the frontal and temporal lobes in patients with lower scores in both verbal and performance tests, and in addition, both inferior parietal and occipital lobes in information subset. Conclusion: Alterations of CBF and CVR were demonstrated in the symptomatic TBI patients with normal MRI finding. These alterations were correlated with the change of intelligence, of which the complex functions are subserved by multiple interconnected cortical structures.
목적: 두부외상을 받은 후 뇌실질의 해부학적인 병변이 없음에도 불구하고 인지 및 정신운동성 기능장애 등을 호소하는 환자가 많지만 아직 그 병태 생리가 밝혀지지 않고 있다. 연구자는 두부외상 후 해부학적 뇌 병변이 없으면서도 지능저하를 보인 환자에서 국소 뇌혈류(regional cerebral blood flow, CBF) 및 국소 혈류예비능(regional cerebrovascular reserve, CVR) 이상이 있는 지를 알아보고, 지능저하와 관련된 뇌영역을 분석하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 두부외상을 받은 후 지능저하를 호소하고, 만성기에 시행한 뇌 MRI에서 유의한 대뇌피질의 이상소견이 없었던 30명으로 남자 16명과 여자 14명이었으며, 평균연령은
Keywords
- Traumatic brain injury;
- Cerebral blood flow;
- Cerebrovascular reserve;
- Intelligence;
- Tc-99m HMPAO;
- Single photon emission computed tomography;
- Statistical parametric mapping