Abstract:
Objective To analysis the changes in the magnetic susceptibility of substantia nigra(SN) and red nucleus(RN) in midbrain in Parkinson disease (PD), and determine the value of MR quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) in the clinical diagnosis of PD.
Methods A total of 39 PD patients (PD group) who were hospitalized in the First People's Hospital of Foshan from February 2017 to August 2019, including 17 males and 22 females, aged 47−80 (65.44±9.78) years old, were divided into early PD group (n=23) and progress PD group (n=16) according to improved Hoehn-Yahr classification. And 20 normal controls were selected. All were scanned by QSM technique, and the magnetic susceptibility of SN and RN were measured. The independent sample t test was used to analyze the change of magnetic susceptibility of SN and RN in PD patients, which were analysis with the clinical diagnosis, grading and course of PD perform with Pearson correlation analysis. Univariate analysis was used to analyze the relationship between the magnetic susceptibility of bilateral SN and RN with the symptom of physical movement disorder.
Results The magnetic susceptibility value of the SN and RN in the PD group are significantly increase compared with control group ((0.073±0.017) ×10−3 vs. (0.058±0.028) ×10−3; (0.094±0.020) ×10−3 vs. (0.072±0.035) ×10−3), the difference is statistically significant (t=−2.125, P=0043; t=−2.605, P=0.015). No significant correlation among the magnetic susceptibility of SN and RN and the Hoehn-Yahr classification (r=0.051, P=0.759; r=0.045, P=0.788), but the magnetic susceptibility of SN was positively correlated with the course of the disease (r=0.420, P=0.008), while not the RN (r=0.241, P=0.130). There was no significant difference among the magnetic susceptibility of SN and RN on the left or right sides of the midbrain in the PD group, and the symptoms of limb movement disorder during clinical onset (SN: FL=0.661, PL=0.421; FR=1.153, PR=0.290. RN: FL=0.006, PL=0.940; FR=0.109, PR=0.743).
Conclusions QSM technology can indirectly reflect the iron deposition in the brain by measure the magnetic susceptibility of SN and RN in midbrain. It is valuable for the diagnosis and assessing the course of PD.