Re: Lesions Are Deposits Of IronOn Apr 11, 5:14 am, ironjustice <teamtan...@hotmail,com > wrote:mult-
sclerosis <<
"Abnormal accumulation of iron in MS"
BRAIN
Quantitative Assessment of Iron Accumulation in the Deep Gray Matter
of Multiple Sclerosis by Magnetic Field Correlation Imaging
Y. Gea, J.H. Jensena, H. Lua, J.A. Helperna, L. Milesa, M. Inglesea,
J.S. Babba, J. Herbertb and R.I. Grossmana
a Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, New York
University Medical Center, New York, NY
b Department of Neurology, MS Care Center, Hospital for Joint
Diseases, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Please address correspondence to Yulin Ge, MD, Department of
Radiology/
Center for Biomedical Imaging, New York University School of
Medicine,
650 First Ave, 6th Floor, Room 615, New York, NY 10016; e-mail:
yulin...@med.nyu.edu
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Deposition of iron has been recognized
recently as an important factor of pathophysiologic change including
neurodegenerative processes in multiple sclerosis (MS). We propose
that there is an excess accumulation of iron in the deep gray matter
in patients with MS that can be measured with a newly developed
quantitative MR technique-magnetic field correlation (MFC) imaging.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: With a 3T MR system, we studied 17 patients
with relapsing-remitting MS and 14 age-matched healthy control
subjects. We acquired MFC imaging using an asymmetric single-shot
echo-
planar imaging sequence. Regions of interest were selected in both
deep gray matter and white matter regions, and the mean MFC values
were compared between patients and controls. We also correlated the
MFC data with lesion load and neuropsychologic tests in the patients.
RESULTS: MFC measured in the deep gray matter in patients with MS was
significantly higher than that in the healthy controls (P .03), with
an average increase of 24% in the globus pallidus, 39.5% in the
putamen, and 30.6% in the thalamus. The increased iron deposition
measured with MFC in the deep gray matter in the patients correlated
positively with the total number of MS lesions (thalamus: r = 0.61, P
= .01; globus pallidus: r = 0.52, P = .02). A moderate but
significant
correlation between the MFC value in the deep gray matter and the
neuropsychologic tests was also found.
CONCLUSION: Quantitative measurements of iron content with MFC
demonstrate increased accumulation of iron in the deep gray matter in
patients with MS, which may be associated with the disrupted iron
outflow pathway by lesions. Such abnormal accumulation of iron may
contribute to neuropsychologic impairment and have implications for
neurodegenerative processes in MS.
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> Brain Lesions More Common Than Previously Thought
> April 1, 2008 at 7:56 am · Filed under Medical News, Neurology /
> Neuroscience
>
> New research shows cerebral microbleeds, which are lesions in the
> brain, are more common in people over 60 than previously thought. The
> study is published in the April 1, 2008, issue of Neurology(R), the
> medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
>
> "We found a three-to-four-fold higher overall prevalence of cerebral
> microbleeds compared to other studies," according to study author
> Monique M.B. Breteler, MD, PhD, with the Erasmus MC University Medical
> Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. "These findings are of major
> importance since cerebral microbleeds likely reflect cerebrovascular
> pathology and may be associated with an increased risk of
> cerebrovascular problems."
>
> Cerebral microbleeds are lesions that can be seen on brain scans, such
> as an MRI brain scan. The lesions are deposits of iron from red blood
> cells that have presumably leaked out of small brain vessels.
>
> For the study, 1,062 healthy men and women who were an average age of
> 70 underwent an MRI to scan for the presence of cerebral microbleeds.
> Of the participants, 250 were found to have cerebral microbleeds.
>
> The study found overall prevalence of cerebral microbleeds was high
> and increased with age from 18 percent in people age 60 to 69 to 38
> percent in people over age 80. People with the e4 allele of the APOE
> gene, which is known to increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease and
> of cerebral amyloid angiopathy, had significantly more microbleeds
> than people without this genetic variant.
>
> "We also found that the risk factors for cerebral microbleeds appear
> to vary according to the location of the microbleed," said Breteler.
> "Our results show people with high blood pressure and a history of
> smoking had microbleeds in a different location in the brain than
> people with the APOE e4 allele, suggesting different causes for
> microbleeds in different locations."
>
> The study was supported by the Erasmus MC University Medical Center
> and Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands Organization for
> Scientific Research, and the Netherlands Organization for Health
> Research and Development.
>
> The American Academy of Neurology, an association of more than 21,000
> neurologists and neuroscience professionals, is dedicated to improving
> patient care through education and research. A neurologist is a doctor
> with specialized training in diagnosing, treating and managing
> disorders of the brain and nervous system such as stroke, Alzheimer's
> disease, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, and multiple sclerosis.
>
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