Objective To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of endovascular treatment for intracranial venous sinus thrombosis based on individual condition. Methods Twelve patients with intracranial venous sinus thrombosis were treated with endovascular management according to the severity and course of disease after they failed to respond to anticoagulant therapy. The clinical signs and symptoms,cerebrospinal fluid pressure and arteriovenous circulation time were observed and followed up (including MRV). Intravenous thrombolysis and mechanical thrombus maceration were carried out in all 12 patients,while intravenous thrombolysis, mechanical thrombus maceration in combination with intra-arterial thrombolysis were employed in 3. After the treatment, anticoagulant therapy was carried out for 6 months.The patients were followed up for 12 to 24 months. Results Of the twelve patients, clinical signs and symptoms included slight headache (2 cases), mild hemiplegia (1 case), ambiopia or blurred vision (3 cases). The cerebrospinal fluid pressure returned to under 26 cm H2O (1 cm H2O =0.098 kPa)following treatment from 28 to 38 cm H2O [ mean (32. 4 ±3.0) cm H2O] in preoperative measurement and the arteriovenous circulation time returned to below 10 s in all patients following treatment. Neither recurrence of thrombosis nor new symptoms of neurologic dysfunction was observed. No procedure-related intracranial or systemic hemorrhagic complications occurred both during and after the operation with the exception of a subcutaneous bleeding at the venopuncture site. Conclusion Endovascular treatment is effective and safe for patients with intracranial venous sinus thrombosis.

Objective To investigate the value of quantitative evaluation in white matter damage caused by delayed neuropsychiatric sequelae (DNS) after carbon monoxide poisoning (CO) with diffuse kurtosis imaging (DKI).Methods A prospective study was conducted from November 2016 to February 2019 in 28 patients diagnosed as having DNS after CO poisoning and 30 healthy controls in our hospital.DKI scans were performed within 7 d of onset and DKI-derived parameters (9 regions of interest),including mean kurtosis (MK),axial kurtosis (AK),and radial kurtosis (RK),were obtained.Mini Mental State Examination Scale (MMSE),Barthel Index,Verbal Fluency Test (VFT),and Digital Breadth Test (DST) were performed on both subjects to conduct neurocognitive assessment;multivariate regression analysis was performed to determine the statistical relations of scores of above neurocognitive scales with AK values of ROIs.Results As compared with those in the control group,the MK,AK and RK values in all ROIs showed an increased trend in DNS group;among which,the anterior semioval center,posterior semioval center and frontal lobe enjoyed the most obvious increase,with significant differences (P＜0.05).In the genu of corpus callosum,body of corpus callosum and parietal lobe,the AK value of DNS group was significantly higher than that in the controls (P＜0.05).Except for temporal lobe and occipital lobe,area under the curve (AUC) of AK value of other ROIs in diagnosing DNS was larger than that of RK and MK values of other ROIs;AK value of anterior semioval center (AUC=0.802,P=0.000),posterior semioval center (AUC=0.785,P=0.000),frontal lobe (AUC=0.749,P=0.001),genu of corpus callosum,(AUC=0.730,P=0.003),parietal lobe (AUC=0.699,P=0.009) and body of corpus callosum (AUC=0.654,P=0.045) had better performance than RK and MK in diagnosing DNS,with statistically significant differences (P＜0.05).Multivariate regression analysis results show that the DST value (reverse) is the independent influencing factors of AK values of anterior semioval center,genu of corpus callosum,and frontal lobe;VET (vegetable) is the independent influencing factors of AK values of body of corpus callosum,age is the independent influencing factors of AK values of posterior semioval center,splenium of corpus callosum,and frontal,temporal and occipital lobes;and education is the independent influencing factors of AK values of temporal lobe.Conclusion DKI can quantitatively evaluate the microstructural damage of white matter caused by DNS,and the increase of AK is related to the decrease of neurological function in patients with DNS.

Objective To study the clinical characteristics of Japanese encephalitis (JE) in 34 adult patients and to improve the level of diagnosis of this disease.Methods The clinical manifestations,laboratory results and radiological features of 34 adult patients with JE in our hospital from July 2017 to September 2017 were summarized and the progonsis was observed.The modified Rankin Scale (mRS) was used to evaluate the progonsis.Results Eighteen patients were males and 16 patients were females with the average age of (45.39 ± 16.34) years in 34 patients who were diagnosed as JE.The major clinical features of JE patients included fever (34,100％) with the average temperature of (39.4 ± 1.1) ℃ on admission,headache (26,76％),seizures (7,21％),decreased consciousness (25,74％) on day 2.6 ± 1.4 after the onset,respiratory failure (9,26％) on day 3.8 ± 1.6 after the onset.The major features of laboratory results included white blood cells increase (15,44％),blood hematocrit decrease (25,74％),eosinophil absolute value decrease (29,85％),cerebrospinal fluid pressure increase (12,35％),cerebrospinal fluid protein increase (27,79％),cerebrospinal fluid white blood cells increase (30,88％).Brain MRI scan of abnormal signal was found abnormal in up to 54％patients (14/26),involving the thalamus,basal ganglia,mesencephalon,temporal lobe,hippocampus and occipital lobe,especially in the area of bilateral thalamus and mesencephalon.The follow-up showed three cases were dead;mRS score was 0 in twenty-one cases,1 or 2 in five cases,3 or 4 in three cases,5 in two cases five-six months after onset;the sequelaes were cognitive impairment in nine patients and movement disorder in five patients.Conclusions The clinical symptoms of JE in adults are severe.The main clinical manifestations of JE are hyperthermia,disturbance of consciousness,seizures and respiratory failure,with characteristic imaging findings on brain MRI.JE is a disease with high mortality and severe long-term sequelae.

Purpose To explore the application value of diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) in assessing brain injury in different clinical stages caused by carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. Materials and Methods MR plain scan, diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and DKI scans were performed in 26 patients with acute CO poisoning, 17 patients with delayed neuropsychologic sequelae (DNS), 15 patients with chronic phase, and 21 healthy volunteers (control group). The DKI parameter values in regions of interest among the four groups were compared, and the correlation between the values of each parameter and DWI apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) value was analyzed. Results ①The mean kurtosis (MK) values in the area of pallidum in acute phase, DNS phase, and chronic phase were 1.51±0.15, 1.07±0.11 and 0.59±0.11, respectively; among which the MK value in acute phase was significantly higher than that in the control group (1.06±0.06, P<0.05), and the chronic phase was significantly lower than the DNS phase and the control group (P<0.05); compared with the control group, the MK in centrum semiovale and subcallosal zone was relatively higher in acute phase and DNS phase, lower in chronic phase, both showing the most significant increase in DNS phase (P<0.05). ②In each region of interest, the MK value and mean diffusivity (MD) all showed an increase after decrease. Among them, MD values in the area of pallidum in acute phase were significantly lower than those in DNS and control group (0.74±0.11 vs. 0.85±0.07 and 0.98±0.12, P<0.05), and the centrum semiovale and callosum were the smallest in DNS phase (0.67±0.09 and 0.80±0.05, respectively), significantly lower than that in the control group (P<0.05). ③The fractional anisotropy (FA) values of all regions of interest showed a progressive decrease in different clinical stages, in which pallidum and centrum semiovale were the lowest in chronic phase (0.19±0.04 and 0.22±0.03, respectively), significantly lower than those in DNS phase and the control group (P<0.05). ④There was a positive correlation between MD values and ADC values in different clinical stages of CO poisoning in each region of interest (P<0.01). Conclusion DKI can quantitatively evaluate the changes of brain gray matter microarchitecture after CO poisoning, which is helpful to understand the characteristics of brain injury in different clinical stages caused by CO poisoning from the microscopic level.