The application value of susceptibility-weighted imaging on the diagnosis of tuberculosis within brain
WEI Changhui
TANG Guangcai
CAI Chunxian
ZHAO Shisheng
LIN Liping
ZENG Zhi
Abstract：Objective The representations of brain tuberculoma on susceptibility weighted imaging Minimum -intensity projec-tion(SWI mIP) were analyzed, then the advantages of SWI in detection of focal cerebral tuberculoma and the clinical application value of it in the follow-up of cerebral tuberculomas were discussed .Methods There were 17 cerebral tuberculosis patients , all the SWI mIP performance of tuberculomas were summed up and classified;then the sensitivity of SWI mIP and enhanced MRI to detect tuberculosis lesions was compared .Results 1) The detection rate of tuberculoma on SWI mIP was superior to enhanced-MRI;2) According to the brain tuberculomas performance on SWI mIP , they were sorted to four kinds as following:type I:the tu-berculomas were mixed hypointensity signals;type II:they were military hypointensity;type III:they were isointensity;typeⅣ:they were isointensity or hyperintensity , with hypointensity ring .Conclusion 1 ) The detection of cerebral tuberculosis by SWI mIP was significance;2) The different performance of cerebral tuberculoma on SWI mIP may be correlated with its treatment out -come .
Keywords：Tuberculosiscentral nervous systemMagnetic resonance imagingSusceptibility-weighted imaging
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 18-20,24 )