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Objective:To explore the imaging manifestations of central nervous system aspergillosis (CNSAG).Methods:The cranial imaging changes of five CNSAG patients admitted to the First Medical Center of People′s Liberation Army General Hospital from 2013 to 2019 were analyzed and their imaging characteristics were summarized.Results:There were four males and one female with the minimum age of 20 years old and maximum age of 59 years old. Among the five cases, two cases mainly occurred in the cavernous sinus and three cases in the cerebral parenchyma. Long T 1-weighted and long T 2-weighted signals were observed in all the lesions of the cerebral parenchyma, while equal or short T 1-weighted, equal or long T 2-weighted signals were observed in the lesions of the cavernous sinus. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain of all cases showed multiple ring enhancement, which could form serrate or lace-like arrangement along the periphery of the lesion and gather together to form "honeycomb" enhancement characteristics. The degree of peripheral enhancement was more obvious, and the scope of enhancement increased after the disease was aggravated. High diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) signal can be seen in the ring enhanced focus, which is the MRI feature of abscess, and high DWI signal can be seen at the edge of the enhanced ring. Susceptibility weighted imaging showed low bleeding signal, no characteristic changes in the spectrum, and decreased perfusion in the central area. Computer tomography scan showed normal or equal density mass lesions, obvious edema or complicated infarction showed irregular low-density shadow, and bleeding showed high-density shadow. Conclusion:MRI showed mixed signal and circular enhancement, computer tomography showed normal or isodense mass lesions, or irregular low-density shadow, and bleeding signs could be found in CNSAG.
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Objective To investigate the dementia caregivers' awareness of dementia diagnosis for patients aged≥80 years in veterans community in Beijing.Methods Patients aged 80 years and over who were diagnosed as dementia were selected from Dec.2009 to Jul.2011 in the veterans community in Beijing.A face-to-face interview and questionnaire survey were conducted in dementia caregivers individually,including basic social demographic data (gender,age,educational background),awareness rate of dementia,treatment and drug use situation and their attitude to dementia patients.Results A total of 118 caregivers were investigated individually.The caregivers in this study were mainly the spouse of the patients,and most of them were elderly people.46.6％ (55/118) of caregivers were the spouse of the patients,and 52.5％ (62/118) of caregivers were 65 years old and over.The caregivers' awareness rate of dementia was 32.3％ (38/118) when patients were diagnosed as dementia.There was no correlations of gender,age and educational background with the awareness rate of dementia diagnosis (all P＞0.05).50％ of dementia patients received the dementia treatment,and only 17.8％ (21/118) of patients got the first line drug treatment for dementia (acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and / or memantine).98.3 ％ (116 / 118) of caregivers agreed that the dementia patients should be treated kindly.Conclusions The dementia caregivers are mainly patients' spouse in veterans community and most of them are the elderly.The awareness rate of dementia diagnosis is low among the caregivers.Most patients do not take the formal treatment.The social support for the dementia caregivers should be strengthened.