Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging reveals tract‐specific microstructural correlates of electrophysiological impairments in non‐myelopathic and myelopathic spinal cord compression
Autor: | René Labounek, Tomáš Rohan, Josef Bednařík, Zdeněk Kadaňka, Miloš Keřkovský, Eva Vlčková, Magda Horáková, Alena Svátková, Petr Hluštík, Christophe Lenglet, Jan Valošek, Petr Bednařík, Julien Cohen-Adad, Jan Kočica, Tomáš Horák |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Magnetic resonance imaging Sensory system Electromyography medicine.disease Asymptomatic 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences Electrophysiology Myelopathy 0302 clinical medicine Neurology Spinal cord compression medicine Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Diffusion MRI |
Zdroj: | European Journal of Neurology |
ISSN: | 1351-5101 |
DOI: | 10.1111/ene.15027 |
Popis: | BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Non-myelopathic degenerative cervical spinal cord compression (NMDC) frequently occurs throughout aging and may progress to potentially irreversible degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM). Whereas standard clinical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and electrophysiological measures assess compression severity and neurological dysfunction, respectively, underlying microstructural deficits still have to be established in NMDC and DCM patients. The study aims to establish tract-specific diffusion MRI markers of electrophysiological deficits to predict the progression of asymptomatic NMDC to symptomatic DCM. METHODS High-resolution 3 T diffusion MRI was acquired for 103 NMDC and 21 DCM patients compared to 60 healthy controls to reveal diffusion alterations and relationships between tract-specific diffusion metrics and corresponding electrophysiological measures and compression severity. Relationship between the degree of DCM disability, assessed by the modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association scale, and tract-specific microstructural changes in DCM patients was also explored. RESULTS The study identified diffusion-derived abnormalities in the gray matter, dorsal and lateral tracts congruent with trans-synaptic degeneration and demyelination in chronic degenerative spinal cord compression with more profound alterations in DCM than NMDC. Diffusion metrics were affected in the C3-6 area as well as above the compression level at C3 with more profound rostral deficits in DCM than NMDC. Alterations in lateral motor and dorsal sensory tracts correlated with motor and sensory evoked potentials, respectively, whereas electromyography outcomes corresponded with gray matter microstructure. DCM disability corresponded with microstructure alteration in lateral columns. CONCLUSIONS Outcomes imply the necessity of high-resolution tract-specific diffusion MRI for monitoring degenerative spinal pathology in longitudinal studies. |
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