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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2023

Burden of dilated perivascular spaces in patients with moyamoya disease and moyamoya syndrome is related to middle cerebral artery stenosis.

Guangsong Han, Xiaoyuan Fan, Yuehui Hong, Lixin Zhou, Yicheng Zhu, Feng Feng, Ming Yao, Jun Ni

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Guangsong Han *Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xiaoyuan Fan *Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yuehui HongDepartment of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Lixin ZhouDepartment of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yicheng ZhuDepartment of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Feng FengDepartment of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Ming YaoDepartment of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Jun NiDepartment of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.

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Abstract

Background and objective: The correlation between intracranial large artery disease and cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) has become a noteworthy issue. Dilated perivascular spaces (dPVS) are an important marker of CSVD, of which cerebral atrophy has been regarded as one of the pathological mechanisms. DPVS has been found to be associated with vascular stenosis in patients with moyamoya disease (MMD), but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. The purpose of our study was to explore the correlation between the middle cerebral artery (MCA) stenosis and dPVS in the centrum semiovale (CSO-dPVS) in patients with MMD/moyamoya syndrome (MMS) and to determine whether brain atrophy plays a mediating role in this relationship. Methods: A total of 177 patients were enrolled in a single-center MMD/MMS cohort. Images of their 354 cerebral hemispheres were divided into three groups according to dPVS burden: mild (dPVS 0-10), moderate (dPVS 11-20), and severe (dPVS > 20). The correlations among cerebral hemisphere volume, MCA stenosis, and CSO-dPVS were analyzed, adjusting for the confounding factors of age, gender, and hypertension. Results: After adjustment for age, gender, and hypertension, the degree of MCA stenosis was independently and positively associated with ipsilateral CSO-dPVS burden (standardized coefficient: β = 0.247, Conclusion: In our MMD/MMS cohort, there was a clear correlation between MCA stenosis and CSO-dPVS burden, which may be a direct effect of large vessel stenosis, without a mediating role of brain atrophy.

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cerebral atrophylarge artery stenosismoyamoya diseasemoyamoya syndromeperivascular space

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PMCPMC10277612

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