Abstract
Magnetic resonance images of optic nerves were obtained in 20 patients with acute optic neuritis (ON), and assessed by means of clinical, visual field and visual evoked potential evaluations; the imaging was repeated 1 year later. The results of the conventional Short Tau Inversion Recovery (STIR) sequence obtained using short time echo (STE-STIR: 22 msec) were compared with those of the long time echo sequence (LTE-STIR: 80 msec). The conventional STE-STIR sequence revealed lesions in 57.2% cases of acute ON and in 42.9% of the optic nerves affected by previous ON: the LTE-STIR sequence was diagnostic in 95.2% of acute ON cases and in 85% of patients with previous ON. The calculated length of the optic nerve lesions was significantly longer in the images obtained using the LTE-STIR sequence than in those obtained using conventional STE-STIR sequences.
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Si descrivono i risultati ottenuti con indagini di Risonanza Magnetica (RM) dei nervi ottici (eseguite all'esordio e 12 mesi dopo) in 20 pazienti affetti da Neurite Ottica (NO) acuta, valutata in funzione della sintomatologia clinica e delle alterazioni campimetriche e del potenziale evocato visivo.
Sono state analizzate le immagini RM in Short Tau Inversion Recovery (STIR) mettendo a confronto i rilievi ottenuti con sequenza Short Time Echo (STE-STIR: 22 msec) rispetto a quelli ottenuti con Long Time Echo (LTE-STIR: 20 msec). Mentre con la convenzionale STE-STIR è stato possibile rilevare lesioni a carico dei nervi ottici nel 57.2% delle Neuriti Acute e nel 42.9% delle Neuriti Pregresse, la metodica LTE-STIR è risultata diagnostica nel 95.2% delle Neuriti Acute e nel 85% delle Neuriti Pregresse.
Sia nelle NO acute che nelle pregresse, la lunghezza delle lesioni a carico dei nervi ottici sono risultate significativamente maggiori rispetto a quelle ottenute con la convenzionale metodica STE-STIR.
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Tartaro, A., Onofrj, M., Delli Pizzi, C. et al. Long time echo STIR sequence magnetic resonance imaging of optic nerves in optic neuritis. Ital J Neuro Sci 17, 35–42 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01995707
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