MRI for hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage and microbleeds / 中华老年心脑血管病杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the relationship between hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage and microbleeds by analyzing the characteristics of magetic susceptibility-weighted imaging.Methods Fifty-one patients with mild hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage admitted to Shenzhen Nanshan District No.6 People's Hospital for MRI (T1WI,T2WI and T2FLAIR),susceptibility-weighted imaging,and magnetic resonance angiography from June 2016 to June 2017 were included in this study.Their MRI data were analyzed.Results Multiple foci of microbleeds and small vessel hyperplasia were detected in hemorrhage regions of the 51 patients included in this study,including ＞2 foci of microbleeds in intracranial basal area,thalamus,brain stem and cerebellar area of 40 patients (78.4％),and cerebral small vessel hyperplasia and VR space enlargement in 11 patients (21.6 ％).Magnetic resonance angiography showed cerebral middle artery and basal artery atheroclerosis in 15 patients but no vascular dissection,stenosis,aneurysm and vascular malformation in the other patients.Conclusion MRI can show the pathological changes in cerebral blood vessels of hypertensive hemorrhage patients,including cerebral microbleeds,cerebral small vessel hyperplasia and VR space enlargement.