双语病例——结节性硬化症的皮质结节
朗读老师:Aimee 上海某医院
翻译老师:朱勤勤 衢州市人民医院
审校老师:姜春雷 青岛市第九人民医院
History: A 25-year-old man with a family history of a genetic disorder (history withheld) presented with headache and blurry vision to an outside hospital, where he underwent a CT, which was normal. He subsequently sought a neurology consult. The neurologist noted scattered hypopigmented areas on the patient’s skin and ordered an MRI of the brain with and without contrast.
Five fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery (FLAIR) images and T1-weighted precontrast, T1-weighted postcontrast, and T2-weighted images are provided corresponding to the level of the third FLAIR image. Click to enlarge.
病史:25 岁男性,有家族遗传病史(病史隐瞒),因头痛和视力模糊到外院行CT 检查,结果正常。随后就诊于神经科。神经科医生发现患者皮肤散在分布的色素减退区,遂要求患者行颅脑 MRI 平扫检查。
包括:5幅FLAIR图像,T1WI、T1WI增强和T2WI对应于第三幅 FLAIR 图像水平。
indings
MRI:
Multiple scattered FLAIR/T2-hyperintense lesions extending from the cortex into the white matter, some of which extend toward the ventricles
Lesions demonstrate no enhancement
Differential diagnosis
Cortical tubers of tuberous sclerosis
Type II focal cortical dysplasia
Diagnosis: Cortical tubers of tuberous sclerosis
多发散在分布的 FLAIR/T2 高信号病变,从皮质延伸至白质,其中一些延伸至脑室
· 病灶无强化
鉴别诊断
· 结节性硬化症的皮质结节
· II 型局灶性皮质发育不良
诊断:结节性硬化症的皮质结节
Cortical tubers of tuberous sclerosis
Pathophysiology
Tuberous sclerosis (TS) can be sporadic or familial and is sporadic in the majority of cases.
In the majority of sporadic cases and 50% of familial cases, the mutation is in the TSC2 gene on chromosome 16, which encodes for tuberin, a tumor suppressor gene. The remainder are related to TSC1 on chromosome 9, which encodes for hamartin, a protein that inhibits the chaperone function of a heat shock protein.
Cortical tubers are hamartomas that extend from the cortex into the white matter.
Epidemiology
TS is most common in young children. Incidence is approximately one per 10,000 births.
The vast majority have brain involvement; up to 90% have cortical tubers.
Clinical presentation
Seizures
Intellectual disability
Neuropsychiatric behavioral disturbances
结节性硬化症的皮质结节
病理生理学
· 结节性硬化症(TS) 可以散发,也可以是家族性的,并且在大多数情况下是散发的。
· 在大多数散发病例和 50% 的家族性病例中,突变发生在 16 号染色体上的 TSC2 基因中,是一种肿瘤抑制基因,该基因编码结节蛋白。其余病例与 9 号染色体上的 TSC1 基因相关,编码抑制热休克蛋白伴侣功能的错构瘤蛋白。
· 皮质结节是从皮质延伸到白质的错构瘤。
流行病学
· TS 最常见于幼儿。发病率约为1/ 10,000。
· 绝大多数累及大脑;高达 90% 有皮质结节。
Imaging features
CT: Often not visible except for rare calcifications
MRI:
FLAIR/T2: hyperintense cortical or subcortical lesions that may taper toward the ventricles (radial bands sign)
T1: hypointense
Enhancement: Possible but uncommon (3%-4%)
Up to 90% are in the frontal lobes
Differential diagnosis
The main differential consideration for cortical tubers is type II focal cortical dysplasia, particularly with transmantle sign.
Treatment
In symptomatic patients with seizures, antiepileptic medications are first-line therapy.
In cases of refractory epilepsy with evidence of a seizure focus in a tuber, the tuber is resected.
临床表现
· 癫痫发作
· 智力障碍
· 神经精神行为障碍
影像特点
· CT:除了罕见的钙化可见,皮质结节通常看不见,
MRI:
· FLAIR/T2:皮质或皮质下高信号病变,向脑室逐渐变细(放射带状征)
· T1:低信号
· 强化:可能有但不常见 (3%-4%)
· 高达 90% 位于额叶
鉴别诊断
· 皮质结节的主要鉴别诊断是II 型局灶性皮质发育不良,特别是伴有穿通征。
治疗
· 对于有症状的癫痫患者,抗癫痫药物是一线治疗。
· 在顽固性癫痫的情况下,如果有证据表明癫痫发作集中于此结节,则切除该结节。