• Epilepsy Center of Yuquan Hospital Tsinghua University, Beijing 100040, China;
ZHOU Wenjing, Email: closejeo@hotmail.com
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Objective To explore the differences in the detection of vigabatrin-associated brain abnormalities on MRI by different MRI sequences, so as to further guide the clinical understanding of VABAM and improve the appropriate imaging sequences. Methods A total of 353 patients with infantile spasm or epileptic spasm who were admitted to the Epilepsy Center of Yuquan Hospital of Tsinghua University from January 2020 to January 2023 were retrospectively included. MRI was performed in 131 cases, including 3D T1, T2, T1- fluid-attenuated inversion recovery sequence (FLAIR) images, DWI and ADC sequences, of which 65 cases taking VGB. We aim to evaluate the detection of vigabatrin-associated brain abnormalities on MRI by different MRI sequences in these children. Results  Among the 65 patients, VABAM was detected in 23 cases, the detection rate was 35.4%. The average dosage of vigabatrin was 100.73±35.54 mg/(kg·d). The positive detection rates of VABAM were 95.7% in DWI sequence, 26.1% in ADC sequence, 21.3% in FLAIR sequence, 4.3% in T2 sequence and 0 in T1 sequence. The detection rate of ADC sequence was significantly different from DWI sequence and T1 sequence, but not from T2 sequence and FLAIR group. Conclusion DWI sequence has irreplaceable advantages in the detection rate of VABAM. Therefore, for patients with infantile spasm and epileptic spasm who take vigabatrin, we should try our best to add DWI sequence scanning to improve the positive detection rate and avoid clinical symptoms, so as to avoid further brain damage.

Citation: LIU Yi’ou, WANG Siyu, SUN Zhaohui, SHI Jie, ZHOU Wenjing. The advantage of diffusion weighted imagin technique in the toxicity detection of vigabatrin. Journal of Epilepsy, 2024, 10(1): 21-25. doi: 10.7507/2096-0247.202310011 Copy

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