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Longitudinal study of carbon monoxide intoxication by diffusion tensor imaging with neuropsychiatric correlation.
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PMID:  20184809     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: White matter damage is common after carbon monoxide (CO) intoxication, but in vivo follow-up studies about the mechanism of white matter damage are not possible in pathology series. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and voxel-based morphometry (VBM) can quantify diffusion parameters and volumetric changes in white matter that can be correlated with neuropsychological performances in longitudinal studies. METHODS: We examined 9 patients with CO intoxication using DTI, VBM and neuropsychologic tests at an average of 3 and 10 months after CO exposure. We used data from 18 age- and sex-matched controls for comparison. RESULTS: We found that cognitive recovery at 10 months after CO intoxication was not significant, although it was after 3 months. The neuropsychologic tests correlated better for the fibre tract of the semicentrum ovale and not the periventricular fibres. Diffusion measures suggest increases in fractional anisotropy, mean diffusivity and axial eigenvalues over time, while increases in radial eigenvalue were evident at 3 months compared with controls. Periventricular white matter atrophy was observed 10 months after CO intoxication. LIMITATIONS: Our study included few cases, and the interpretation of the putative changes on neuroimaging findings cannot be confirmed by histology. CONCLUSION: Our study showed that the evolution of white matter injury in CO encephalopathy occurred over time. Cognitive recovery was not evident in the follow-up period because of white matter injuries.
Authors:
Chiung-Chih Chang; Wen-Neng Chang; Chun-Chung Lui; Jiun-Jie Wang; Chih-Feng Chen; Yu-Chang Lee; Shun-Sheng Chen; Yu-Ting Lin; Chi-Wei Huang; Ching Chen
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience : JPN     Volume:  35     ISSN:  1488-2434     ISO Abbreviation:  J Psychiatry Neurosci     Publication Date:  2010 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-02-26     Completed Date:  2010-06-02     Revised Date:  2010-09-30    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9107859     Medline TA:  J Psychiatry Neurosci     Country:  Canada    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  115-25     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical Center and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. neur099@adm.cgmh.org.tw
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Anisotropy
Brain / pathology*
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / complications,  pathology*
Cognition
Cognition Disorders / etiology,  pathology*
Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Middle Aged
Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / pathology
Neuropsychological Tests
Time Factors
Young Adult
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