Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan, Tao Yuan, Taiwan, ROC.
Eur J Radiol. 2012 Jan;81(1):e26-30. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.11.003. Epub 2010 Dec 13.
To measure the mid-sagittal areas of vermis (VA) and of posterior fossa (PFA) and determine their differences among fetuses with various Dandy-Walker (DW) entities and control subjects.
We reviewed data in 25 fetal patients with a MR diagnosis of DW complex including hypoplastic vermis (HV), HV with rotation (HVR), and mega cistern magna (MCM), and in 85 fetal controls with normal CNS. PFA and VA of each subject were manually traced on mid-sagittal MR images. Regarding each of VA and PFA, after age correction, we determined statistically significant differences among HVR, HV, MCM, and control groups.
The mean VA residue of MCM was greater than that of the control, which was in turn greater than those of HVR and HV. The mean PF residue of the control was smaller than all other groups.
Fetuses with HVR or HV had smaller VA than fetuses with MCM or control subjects. Fetuses with MCM, HVR, or HV had larger PFA than control subjects. These results may be an early step leading to better understanding of the confusion about the PF anomalies in future.
测量小脑蚓部(VA)和后颅窝(PFA)的中矢状面积,并确定它们在各种 Dandy-Walker (DW)实体和对照受试者中的差异。
我们回顾了 25 例胎儿 MR 诊断为 DW 复合体的患者(包括小脑蚓部发育不全(HV)、旋转性小脑蚓部(HVR)和巨大四脑室(MCM))和 85 例正常中枢神经系统胎儿对照者的数据。手动追踪每个受试者的中矢状面 MR 图像上的 PFA 和 VA。关于 VA 和 PFA 中的每一个,在年龄校正后,我们确定了 HVR、HV、MCM 和对照组之间的统计学显著差异。
MCM 的平均 VA 残基大于对照组,对照组又大于 HVR 和 HV。对照组的平均 PF 残基小于其他所有组。
与 MCM 或对照组相比,HVR 或 HV 的胎儿 VA 较小。MCM、HVR 或 HV 的胎儿 PFA 大于对照组。这些结果可能是未来更好地理解 PF 异常混淆的早期步骤。