White matter alteration and cerebellar atrophy are hallmarks of brain MRI in alpha-mannosidosis
Language English Country United States Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PubMed
33317989
DOI
10.1016/j.ymgme.2020.11.008
PII: S1096-7192(20)30253-5
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- alpha-Mannosidosis diagnosis diagnostic imaging pathology MeSH
- Atrophy diagnosis diagnostic imaging pathology MeSH
- White Matter diagnostic imaging pathology MeSH
- Child MeSH
- Adult MeSH
- Infant MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging methods MeSH
- Nervous System Malformations diagnosis diagnostic imaging pathology MeSH
- Adolescent MeSH
- Young Adult MeSH
- Cerebellum diagnostic imaging pathology MeSH
- Brain diagnostic imaging pathology MeSH
- Neuroimaging methods MeSH
- Child, Preschool MeSH
- Check Tag
- Child MeSH
- Adult MeSH
- Infant MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Adolescent MeSH
- Young Adult MeSH
- Male MeSH
- Child, Preschool MeSH
- Female MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural MeSH
OBJECTIVE: Despite profound neurological symptomatology there are only few MRI studies focused on the brain abnormalities in alpha-mannosidosis (AM). Our aim was to characterize brain MRI findings in a large cohort of AM patients along with clinical manifestations. METHODS: Twenty-two brain MRIs acquired in 13 untreated AM patients (8 M/5F; median age 17 years) were independently assessed by three experienced readers and compared to 16 controls. RESULTS: Focal and/or diffuse hyperintense signals in the cerebral white matter were present in most (85%) patients. Cerebellar atrophy was common (62%), present from the age of 5 years. Progression was observed in two out of 6 patients with follow-up scans. Cortical atrophy (62%) and corpus callosum thinning (23%) were already present in a 13-month-old child. The presence of low T2 signal intensity in basal ganglia and thalami was excluded by the normalized signal intensity profiling. The enlargement of perivascular spaces in white matter (38%), widening of perioptic CSF spaces (62%), and enlargement of cisterna magna (85%) were also observed. Diploic space thickening (100%), mucosal thickening (69%) and sinus hypoplasia (54%) were the most frequent non-CNS abnormalities. CONCLUSION: White matter changes and cerebellar atrophy are proposed to be the characteristic brain MRI features of AM. The previously reported decreased T2 signal intensity in basal ganglia and thalami was not detected in this quantitative study. Rather, this relative MR appearance seems to be related to the diffuse high T2 signal in the adjacent white matter and not the gray matter iron deposition that has been hypothesized.
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