中国现代神经疾病杂志 ›› 2019, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (1): 47-53. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-6731.2019.01.011

• 临床研究 • 上一篇    下一篇

2 脑淀粉样血管病相关炎症两例分析

胡东洋, 钱海蓉, 戚晓昆, 姚生   

  1. 100048 北京,解放军总医院第六医学中心神经内科
  • 出版日期:2019-01-25 发布日期:2019-01-24
  • 通讯作者: 钱海蓉,Email:bjqhr@hotmail.com

Analysis on two cases of cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation

HU Dong-yang, QIAN Hai-rong, QI Xiao-kun, YAO Sheng   

  1. Department of Neurology, the Sixth Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100048, China
  • Online:2019-01-25 Published:2019-01-24
  • Contact: QIAN Hai-rong (Email: bjqhr@hotmail.com)

摘要:

目的 总结脑淀粉样血管病相关炎症的临床表现、辅助检查、诊断与治疗及预后特点。方法与结果 选择 2017 年 2 月至 2018 年 2 月共 2 例老年女性脑淀粉样血管病相关炎症患者,均表现为认知功能障碍、步态异常、日常生活活动能力下降;腰椎穿刺脑脊液压力和白细胞计数大致正常,蛋白定量均升高(988 和 975 mg/L),1 例β-淀粉样蛋白42和40(Aβ42 和 Aβ40)下降、1 例 Aβ42下降;1 例为 ApoE 基因型ε3/ε3型、1例为ε3/ε4型;MRI均可见片状融合的长T1、长T2 异常信号影,磁敏感加权成像(SWI)可见多发皮质和皮质下微出血灶;均诊断为脑淀粉样血管病相关炎症;予甲泼尼龙冲击序贯治疗,症状明显改善。结论 除认知功能障碍外,步态异常也是脑淀粉样血管病相关炎症的主要临床表现,典型影像学改变是 T2WI和 FLAIR 成像融合的白质异常高信号影,伴 SWI皮质和皮质下多发微出血灶。具有典型临床表现和影像学改变时,明确诊断脑淀粉样血管病相关炎症无须行脑组织活检术,大多数患者免疫调节治疗有效。

关键词: 脑淀粉样血管病, 炎症, 淀粉样β蛋白, 磁共振成像

Abstract:

Objective To study the clinical features, auxiliary examination, diagnosis and treatment, and prognosis of cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation (CAA-ri). Methods and Results Two elderly female cases with CAA-ri during February 2017 to February 2018 in our hospital were reported. Both of them manifested with cognitive impairment, gait abnormality and decreased daily life ability. Lumbar puncture of 2 cases showed the pressure of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was normal, white blood cell (WBC) count was generally normal and protein quantification was increased (988 and 975 mg/L). One case presented decreased CSF amyloid-β protein 40 (A β40) and 42 (A β42), and the other one had decreased Aβ42 . One case was apolipoprotein E (ApoE) ε3/ε3, and the other was ε3/ε4. Brain MRI showed long T1 and long T2 abnormal signals with flaky fusion, and susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) showed multiple cortical and subcortical microhemorrhage. They were diagnosed as CAA-ri, and the symptoms were obviously improved after methylprednisolone implosive sequential therapy. Conclusions In addition to cognitive impairment, gait abnormality can also be the main clinical manifestation of CAA-ri. Typical imaging changes are white matter hyperintensity on T2WI and FLAIR fusion sequences, with multiple cortical and subcortical hemorrhagic lesions on SWI. Once the typical clinical and imaging changes meet the diagnostic criteria, the diagnosis of CAA-ri can be made without biopsy. Immunotherapy is effective for most patients.

Key words: Cerebral amyloid angiopathy, Inflammation, Amyloid beta-protein, Magnetic resonance imaging