Abstract
Purpose
Crossed cerebellar (CC) diaschisis refers to a decrease in cerebellar perfusion in the presence of contralateral supratentorial lesions. Most of the previous studies have examined stroke patients. In contrast to strokes, seizure-related cerebral cortical lesions (SCCLs) usually show hyperperfusion, and therefore, cerebellar perfusion patterns are expected to be different from those of strokes. With arterial spin labelling (ASL), we evaluated the cerebellar perfusion status in patients with SCCLs.
Materials and methods
Using a search of the recent database over the last 31 months, 26 patients were enrolled in this study. The inclusion criteria were as follows: (1) a history of seizures, (2) MR examination taken within 24 h from the last seizure, (3) the presence of SCCLs on T2/FLAIR or DWI, (4) hyperperfusion in the corresponding areas of SCCLs on ASL, and (5) no structural abnormality in the cerebellum. The perfusion status in the contralateral cerebellum was evaluated and categorized as hyper-, iso- and hypoperfusion. The asymmetric index (AI) of cerebellar perfusion was calculated by ROI measurement of the signal intensity on ASL.
Results
The mean time between the last seizure and MR examinations was 5 h 30 min. CC hyperperfusion was observed in 17 patients (65.4%), hypoperfusion in 7 (26.9%) and isoperfusion in 2 (7.7%). Regarding the location of SCCLs, CC hyperperfusion was more frequent (71.4 vs. 58.3%), and the mean AI was higher (42.0 vs. 11.5) when the lesion involved the frontal lobe.
Conclusions
In patients with SCCLs, CC hyperperfusion occurred more often than hypo- and isoperfusion, especially when the lesions involved the frontal lobe.
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Won, J., Choi, D.S., Hong, S.J. et al. Crossed cerebellar hyperperfusion in patients with seizure-related cerebral cortical lesions: an evaluation with arterial spin labelling perfusion MR imaging. Radiol med 123, 843–850 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11547-018-0921-4
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