TY - JOUR
T1 - Patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus have fewer enlarged perivascular spaces in the centrum semiovale compared to cognitively unimpaired individuals
AU - Switzer, Aaron R.
AU - Graff-Radford, Jonathan
AU - Gunter, Jeffery L.
AU - Elder, Benjamin D.
AU - Jones, David T.
AU - Huston, John
AU - Jack, Clifford R.
AU - Cogswell, Petrice M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Authors
PY - 2024/2
Y1 - 2024/2
N2 - Introduction: Enlarged perivascular spaces (ePVS) may be an indicator of glymphatic dysfunction. Limited studies have evaluated the role of ePVS in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH). We aimed to characterize the distribution and number of ePVS in iNPH compared to controls. Methods: Thirty-eight patients with iNPH and a pre-shunt MRI were identified through clinical practice. Age- and sex-matched controls who had negative MRIs screening for intracranial metastases were identified through a medical record linkage system. The number of ePVS were counted in the basal nuclei (BN) and centrum semiovale (CS) using the Wardlaw method blinded to clinical diagnosis. Imaging features of disproportionately enlarged subarachnoid space hydrocephalus (DESH), callosal angle, Fazekas white matter hyperintensity (WMH) grade, and the presence of microbleeds and lacunes were also evaluated. Results: Both iNPH patients and controls had a mean age of 74 ± 7 years and were 34% female with equal distributions of hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, stroke, and history of smoking. There were fewer ePVS in the CS of patients with iNPH compared to controls (12.66 vs. 20.39, p < 0.001) but the same in the BN (8.95 vs. 11.11, p = 0.08). This remained significant in models accounting for vascular risk factors (p = 0.002) and MRI features of DESH and WMH grade (p = 0.03). Conclusions: Fewer centrum semiovale ePVS may be a biomarker for iNPH. This pattern may be caused by mechanical obstruction due to upward displacement of the brain leading to reduced glymphatic clearance.
AB - Introduction: Enlarged perivascular spaces (ePVS) may be an indicator of glymphatic dysfunction. Limited studies have evaluated the role of ePVS in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH). We aimed to characterize the distribution and number of ePVS in iNPH compared to controls. Methods: Thirty-eight patients with iNPH and a pre-shunt MRI were identified through clinical practice. Age- and sex-matched controls who had negative MRIs screening for intracranial metastases were identified through a medical record linkage system. The number of ePVS were counted in the basal nuclei (BN) and centrum semiovale (CS) using the Wardlaw method blinded to clinical diagnosis. Imaging features of disproportionately enlarged subarachnoid space hydrocephalus (DESH), callosal angle, Fazekas white matter hyperintensity (WMH) grade, and the presence of microbleeds and lacunes were also evaluated. Results: Both iNPH patients and controls had a mean age of 74 ± 7 years and were 34% female with equal distributions of hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, stroke, and history of smoking. There were fewer ePVS in the CS of patients with iNPH compared to controls (12.66 vs. 20.39, p < 0.001) but the same in the BN (8.95 vs. 11.11, p = 0.08). This remained significant in models accounting for vascular risk factors (p = 0.002) and MRI features of DESH and WMH grade (p = 0.03). Conclusions: Fewer centrum semiovale ePVS may be a biomarker for iNPH. This pattern may be caused by mechanical obstruction due to upward displacement of the brain leading to reduced glymphatic clearance.
KW - Enlarged perivascular spaces
KW - Glymphatic system, disproportionately enlarged subarachnoid-space hydrocephalus
KW - Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus
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U2 - 10.1016/j.clineuro.2024.108123
DO - 10.1016/j.clineuro.2024.108123
M3 - Article
C2 - 38262154
AN - SCOPUS:85183184330
SN - 0303-8467
VL - 237
JO - Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
JF - Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
M1 - 108123
ER -