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Quantitative Analysis of Gray- and White-Matter Volumes and Glucose Metabolism in Sturge-Weber Syndrome

Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine

Kenji Kagawa, MD

Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine

Csaba Juhász, MD

Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine

Chenggang Shen, MS

Department of Radiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine

Joon Soo Lee, MD

Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine

Diane C. Chugani, MD

Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, hchugani{at}pet.wayne.edu, Department of Radiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine

Otto Muzik, PhD

Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine

Harry T. Chugani, MD

Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI

The progressive nature of Sturge-Weber syndrome is well known, but the mechanisms of focal cortical and subcortical degeneration in this disorder are poorly understood. In the present study, we assessed the structural and functional integrity of gray and white matter in unihemispheric Sturge-Weber syndrome using quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) volumetry and MRI-based partial volume correction of [¹⁸F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomographic (PET) images. Gray- and white-matter volumes and glucose metabolism were measured in three brain regions (parieto-occipital underneath the angioma, temporal, and frontal) in six children with Sturge-Weber syndrome (two infants, ages 6 and 9 months; four older children, ages 4 to 14 years), all with unilateral parieto-occipital leptomeningeal angiomatosis. The gray-matter volumes ipsilateral to the angioma were smaller in all children, with the posterior regions underneath the angioma the most affected. In the infants, the white-matter volumes were increased in the region of the angioma, whereas in the regions remote from the angioma in the infants and in all regions of the older children, there were large decreases in white-matter volume. The decreases of frontal and temporal white-matter volume were more pronounced than the corresponding gray-matter volume decreases. The PET studies showed severe hypometabolism in the parieto-occipital region underneath the angioma in all of the children. However, the two infants showed glucose hypermetabolism in the frontal and temporal cortical gray matter, whereas these regions had relatively preserved metabolism in the older patients. These results demonstrate differential involvement of gray and white matter in Sturge-Weber syndrome. Both structural and functional abnormalities extend well beyond the angioma, indicating widespread abnormalities of growth and development of the affected hemisphere. Furthermore, whereas increased white-matter volume underlying the angioma may be seen in infants, ipsilateral white-matter regions outside the angioma show volume loss both in infants and in older patients. Extensive gray- and white-matter volume loss and hypometabolism ipsilateral to the angioma likely contribute to the frequently observed progressive cognitive dysfunction in these patients, regardless of the extent of the angioma. (J Child Neurol 2003; 18: 119—126).

Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 18, No. 2, 119-126 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/08830738030180021501


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