Keywords:
Diagnostic procedure, MR, Neuroradiology brain, Connective tissue disorders
Authors:
N. Sarbu1, D. Gutierrez1, M. I. Sarbu1, P. Toledano1, G. Espinosa1, M. Olondo2, S. Capurro1, R. Cervera1, N. Bargalló1; 1Barcelona/ES, 2Barcelona 08036/ES
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2013/C-1597
Methods and Materials
Retrospective descriptive study.
We carried out a review of 40 patients with neurolupus,
studied by MRI during the last 7 years (2006-2012).
The MRI studies were performed using three different systems of 1,5 T and 3 T and included T1,
T2,
FLAIR sequences and in 10 patients also diffusion sequences.
The lesions were classified according to:
- Distribution and anatomical location:
-Supratentorial:
- periventricular white matter
- deep white matter
- corpus callosum
- cortico-subcortical (great territory infarcts)
-Infratentorial:
- spinal cord
- brainstem
- cerebellum
- Number: unique,
double and multiple
- Size: less than 1 cm,
between 1 and 5 cm,
more than 5 cm.
We used the Fazekas scale to determine the degree of white matter involvement (examples of Fazekas grades in Fig. 1).
We performed a descriptive statistical study using SPSS 15.0.