Brain MRI plays an essential role in both diagnosis and follow-up of the JC virus infection of the brain. Recently, MR studies with susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) sequences have shown hypointensities in U-fibers adjacent to white matter (WM) lesions of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). This finding has been confirmed with the use of quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM), allowing to hypothesize a paramagnetic effect in these regions. Here, we report the first longitudinal assessment of QSM and R2* maps in natalizumab-associated PML to evaluate serial changes in susceptibility contrast images and their role in PML diagnosis and follow-up.

Brain Susceptibility Changes in a Patient with Natalizumab-Related Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy: A Longitudinal Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping and Relaxometry Study / Pontillo, Giuseppe; Cocozza, Sirio; Lanzillo, Roberta; Borrelli, Pasquale; DE ROSA, Anna; BRESCIA MORRA, Vincenzo; Tedeschi, Enrico; Palma, Giuseppe. - In: FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY. - ISSN 1664-2295. - 8:(2017), p. 294. [10.3389/fneur.2017.00294]

Brain Susceptibility Changes in a Patient with Natalizumab-Related Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy: A Longitudinal Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping and Relaxometry Study

PONTILLO, GIUSEPPE;COCOZZA, SIRIO;LANZILLO, ROBERTA;BORRELLI, PASQUALE;DE ROSA, ANNA;BRESCIA MORRA, VINCENZO;TEDESCHI, ENRICO;PALMA, GIUSEPPE
2017

Abstract

Brain MRI plays an essential role in both diagnosis and follow-up of the JC virus infection of the brain. Recently, MR studies with susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) sequences have shown hypointensities in U-fibers adjacent to white matter (WM) lesions of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). This finding has been confirmed with the use of quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM), allowing to hypothesize a paramagnetic effect in these regions. Here, we report the first longitudinal assessment of QSM and R2* maps in natalizumab-associated PML to evaluate serial changes in susceptibility contrast images and their role in PML diagnosis and follow-up.
2017
Brain Susceptibility Changes in a Patient with Natalizumab-Related Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy: A Longitudinal Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping and Relaxometry Study / Pontillo, Giuseppe; Cocozza, Sirio; Lanzillo, Roberta; Borrelli, Pasquale; DE ROSA, Anna; BRESCIA MORRA, Vincenzo; Tedeschi, Enrico; Palma, Giuseppe. - In: FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY. - ISSN 1664-2295. - 8:(2017), p. 294. [10.3389/fneur.2017.00294]
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