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Khaladkar SM, Julakanti S, Paidlewar S, Pandey A. Isolated Partial Absence of the Septum Pellucidum: A Case Report. Cureus 2024; 16:e67604. [PMID: 39310572 PMCID: PMC11416805 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.67604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2024] [Accepted: 08/23/2024] [Indexed: 09/25/2024] Open
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The septum pellucidum is an important thin, membranous structure in the brain that separates the anterior horns of the lateral ventricles, essential for maintaining brain anatomy and function. Here, we describe a case of a 38-year-old male with a 20-year history of seizures, occurring approximately three to four times annually and lasting 30 minutes to one hour per episode, who presented with a recent seizure three days prior. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain revealed an absence of the septum pellucidum in its posterior portion, mild prominence of both lateral ventricles, and an abnormal course of the crura of the fornix, leading to a diagnosis of partial absence of the septum pellucidum. This case underscores the importance of comprehensive neuroimaging in detecting structural brain anomalies, which is crucial for effective diagnosis, management, and improving patient outcomes, particularly in long-standing seizure disorders.
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- Sanjay M Khaladkar
- Radiodiagnosis, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Pune, IND
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- Radiodiagnosis, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Pune, IND
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- Radiodiagnosis, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Pune, IND
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- Radiodiagnosis, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Pune, IND
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Witkowski G, Januszko P, Skalski M, Mach A, Wawrzyniak ZM, Poleszak E, Ciszek B, Radziwoń-Zaleska M. Factors Contributing to Risk of Persistence of Positive and Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia during Hospitalization. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:4592. [PMID: 36901603 PMCID: PMC10001938 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20054592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Revised: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The aim of the study was to evaluate factors that may contribute to the persistence of positive, negative and other psychopathological symptoms of schizophrenia. All patients were treated in general psychiatric wards between January 2006 and December 2017. The initial study sample comprised of the medical reports of 600 patients. The main, specified inclusion criterion for the study was schizophrenia as a discharge diagnosis. Medical reports of 262 patients were excluded from the study due to no neuroimaging scans being available. The symptoms were categorised into three groups: positive, negative, and other psychopathological symptoms. The statistical analysis comprised modalities such as demographic data, clinical symptoms, as well as neuroimaging scans linking them to a potential impact of sustaining the mentioned groups of symptoms during the period of hospitalization. The analysis revealed that statistically significant risk factors of persistence of the three groups of symptoms are the elderly age, the increasing toll of hospitalizations, suicidal attempts in medical history, a family history of alcohol abuse, the presence of positive, negative and other psychopathological symptoms on admission to the hospital, as well as the absence of cavum septi pellucidi (CSP). The study showed that addiction to psychotropic drugs and a family history of schizophrenia were more frequent in patients with persistent CSP.
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- Grzegorz Witkowski
- Department of Descriptive and Clinical Anatomy, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-004 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Warsaw, 00-665 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Warsaw, 00-665 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Warsaw, 00-665 Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-665 Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Preclinical Testing, Chair and Department of Applied and Social Pharmacy, Medical University of Lublin, 20-093 Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Descriptive and Clinical Anatomy, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-004 Warsaw, Poland
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Öğüt Ç, Bozdağ B, Bolu A, Özmenler KN. Abnormally Large Cavum Septum Pellucidum and Cavum Vergae in Childhood-Onset, Treatment-Resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Psychiatr Ann 2021. [DOI: 10.3928/00485713-20210305-01] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Kertes I, Hoffman D, Yahal O, Berknstadt M, Bar-Yosef O, Ezra O, Katorza E. The normal fetal Cavum Septum Pellucidum in MR imaging - New biometric data. Eur J Radiol 2020; 135:109470. [PMID: 33338761 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2020.109470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Revised: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The cavum septum pellucidum (CSP) is an important landmark in the evaluation of the fetal neural axis. A deviation from the ultrasonic normal values may be associated with unfavorable outcomes, and a normal CSP provides reassurance of normal central forebrain development. Today, there is biometric data regarding the normal values for the width of the CSP in fetal ultrasound, but there is no such data for fetal MRI. The aim of this study was to determine the normal values for the measurements of the fetal CSP on MRI. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively examined 307 MRI scans of fetuses between 25 and 41 weeks gestation. Data was collected from the electronic charts of patients who underwent fetal MR imaging at a single tertiary Medical Center. The width and length of the CSP were measured in the axial plane, and the width and height were measured in the coronal plane. RESULTS The width and height of the CSP in fetuses tend to decrease starting from the 27th week of gestation onwards. High levels of intraobserver and interobserver agreements were calculated. The sex of the fetus does not appear to influence the biometry of the CSP. CONCLUSION This study provides MRI reference values for the dimensions of the CSP starting from the 25th week of gestation. Knowing the normal values for MRI could provide valuable information for researchers and in the decision-making process in patient's consultations.
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- Itay Kertes
- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Pediatric Neurology Unit, Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer, Israel
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- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Danek Gertner Institute of Human Genetics, Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer, Israel
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- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Pediatric Neurology Unit, Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer, Israel
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- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Antenatal Diagnostic Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer, Israel
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- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Antenatal Diagnostic Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer, Israel
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Kryukov EV, Stanishevsky AV, Gavrilov GV, Gizatullin SK. [Cysts of septum pellucidum, cavum vergae and cavum veli interpositi. Meta-analysis of 368 cases]. ZHURNAL VOPROSY NEĬROKHIRURGII IMENI N. N. BURDENKO 2020; 84:111-118. [PMID: 32759934 DOI: 10.17116/neiro202084041111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To review and systematize literature data on the incidence of cysts of septum pellucidum, cavum vergae and cavum veli interpositi, their clinical manifestations, indications for surgical treatment and optimal surgical approach. MATERIAL AND METHODS An analysis included 72 manuscripts devoted to epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical symptoms and results of surgical treatment of brain cysts. Case reports, series of cases, reviews and original studies were analyzed. RESULTS Septum pellucidum cavity is always formed throughout an embryogenesis and persists in 20.34% of adults. Cavum vergae is observed in 2.32% of adults. Cyst of septum pellucidum is detected in 0.04% of adults. Analysis of 368 cases of cysts of septum pellucidum, cavum vergae and cavum veli interpositi has shown that clinical picture consists of headache (50% of cases), convulsive syndrome (23.6%), reduced intelligence (20.1%), behavioural disorders (15.8%), dizziness, nausea and vomiting (10.9%). Hydrocephalus occurs in 16.6% of cases. Endoscopic wall fenestration is preferred for cyst management. CONCLUSION Brain cysts are rare and characterized by non-specific clinical manifestations. Symptomatic cyst is an indication for surgical treatment. Surgical treatment usually ensures regression of symptoms and low risk of complications.
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- E V Kryukov
- Burdenko Main Military Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russia
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- Kirov Military Medical Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Chen JA, Rosenthal Garber D, Cohen AR. Occurrence of spinal extradural arachnoid cysts in a child with concomitant intracranial midline abnormalities: case report. J Neurosurg Pediatr 2020; 25:653-658. [PMID: 32114540 DOI: 10.3171/2019.12.peds19108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Accepted: 12/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Spinal extradural arachnoid cysts (SEACs) are uncommon spinal lesions that may cause myelopathy, most frequently in the 2nd decade of life. There are multiple theories of their pathogenesis, and associated entities include spinal trauma, spina bifida, and the lymphedema-distichiasis syndrome. The authors report the case of an otherwise healthy, developmentally normal 13-year-old boy who presented with multiple SEACs. Upon further neuroimaging workup, he was found to have an asymptomatic retrocerebellar arachnoid cyst, cavum septi pellucidi, and cavum vergae. Three contiguous but separate spinal cysts were identified intraoperatively, and they were completely excised with closure of the dural defects. The patient recovered motor and sensory function of the lower extremities. This collection of uncommon neuroimaging findings provides important clues to the pathogenesis of the disease and guides the optimal management of patients with SEACs. The unusual presentation of SEACs, together with uncommon midline abnormalities, provides further evidence of their congenital, midline origin. Therefore, it is reasonable to pursue imaging of the brain in atypical cases of SEACs.
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- Jason A Chen
- 1Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California; and
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- 2Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- 2Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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Sagan L, Limanówka B, Herbowski L, Poncyljusz W, Giżewska M. Expanding Cyst of the Septum Pellucidum - Endoscopic Observations on the Mechanism of Development and Results of Treatment. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 2020; 60:202-208. [PMID: 32132343 PMCID: PMC7174244 DOI: 10.2176/nmc.oa.2019-0001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cysts of the septum pellucidum (CSP) are usually asymptomatic; however, in some cases they can begin expanding and cause neurological deterioration. The mechanism leading to the formation of an expanding cyst of the septum pellucidum (ECSP) is not known. Based on observations made during endoscopic treatment of ECSP we analyzed intraoperative findings in respect to cyst formation mechanism and treatment prognosis. A group of 31 patients was studied. Only cases with bulging cyst walls occupying the frontal horns observed on imaging studies were included. The main symptom was a severe, intermittent headache. In three cases short term memory deficits were diagnosed. In one case papilloedema was observed. All patients underwent endoscopic fenestration of the ECSP. There were no cases of cyst reocclusion during a follow-up period of 1–14 years (mean 6.2 years). In 30 cases headaches resolved completely and in one case its intensity was significantly smaller. There was one case of postoperative hemiparesis. In all but two cases the thin, translucent region in the anterior part of the cyst floor was found. In the region small fissures and in three cases choroid plexus were observed. Endoscopic fenestration is the efficient treatment for ECSP. ECSP is formed on the basis of not completely closed, developmental communication of the cyst with other fluid spaces. The communication is opened by transient elevation of intraventricular pressure, and acts as a valve leading to fluid accumulation among the walls of the previously asymptomatic cavum septum pellucidum.
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- Leszek Sagan
- Department of Neurosurgery and Pediatric Neurosurgery, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Pediatric Neurosurgery, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Neurotraumatology, Regional Public Hospital
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin
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- Department of Pediatrics, Endocrinology, Cardiology and Metabolic Diseases, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin
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Ben-Zion Z, Artzi M, Niry D, Keynan NJ, Zeevi Y, Admon R, Sharon H, Halpern P, Liberzon I, Shalev AY, Hendler T. Neuroanatomical Risk Factors for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Recent Trauma Survivors. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROIMAGING 2020; 5:311-319. [PMID: 31973980 PMCID: PMC7064406 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2019.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2019] [Revised: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 11/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Low hippocampal volume could serve as an early risk factor for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in interaction with other brain anomalies of developmental origin. One such anomaly may well be the presence of a large cavum septum pellucidum (CSP), which has been loosely associated with PTSD. We performed a longitudinal prospective study of recent trauma survivors. We hypothesized that at 1 month after trauma exposure the relation between hippocampal volume and PTSD symptom severity will be moderated by CSP volume, and that this early interaction will account for persistent PTSD symptoms at subsequent time points. METHODS One hundred seventy-one adults (87 women, average age 34.22 years [range, 18-65 years of age]) who were admitted to a general hospital's emergency department after a traumatic event underwent clinical assessment and structural magnetic resonance imaging within 1 month after trauma. Follow-up clinical evaluations were conducted at 6 (n = 97) and 14 (n = 78) months after trauma. Hippocampal and CSP volumes were measured automatically by FreeSurfer software and verified manually by a neuroradiologist (D.N.). RESULTS At 1 month after trauma, CSP volume significantly moderated the relation between hippocampal volume and PTSD severity (p = .026), and this interaction further predicted symptom severity at 14 months posttrauma (p = .018). Specifically, individuals with a smaller hippocampus and larger CSP at 1 month posttrauma showed more severe symptoms at 1 and 14 months after trauma exposure. CONCLUSIONS Our study provides evidence for an early neuroanatomical risk factors for PTSD, which could also predict the progression of the disorder in the year after trauma exposure. Such a simple-to-acquire neuroanatomical signature for PTSD could guide early management as well as long-term monitoring.
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- Ziv Ben-Zion
- Sagol Brain Institute Tel Aviv, Wohl Institute for Advanced Imaging, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Sagol Brain Institute Tel Aviv, Wohl Institute for Advanced Imaging, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Radiology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Sagol Brain Institute Tel Aviv, Wohl Institute for Advanced Imaging, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; School of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Sagol Brain Institute Tel Aviv, Wohl Institute for Advanced Imaging, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Institute of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Pain Management and Neuromodulation Centre, Guy's and St Thomas' National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Psychiatry, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas
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- Department of Psychiatry, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Sagol Brain Institute Tel Aviv, Wohl Institute for Advanced Imaging, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; School of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW To review recent neuro-imaging findings with respect to conduct disorder and callous-unemotional traits in childhood and comparable psychopathy in adult-hood that deepen the literature in important ways. RECENT FINDINGS Recent structural findings particularly bring clarity to the literature. First, they reinforce previous work indicating that severity of psychopathy is positively associated with extent of cavum septum pellucidum. This suggests psychopathy is associated with early neurodevelopmental disruption within limbic structures. Second, they clarify the direction of the association between conduct disorder and particularly callous-unemotional traits and white matter tract abnormalities even if it remains less transparent exactly which tracts are disrupted. However, conclusions based on recent functional imaging studies are more equivocal with inconsistencies in direction of emotional (albeit with notably more work confirming the previous reports of hypo-responsiveness in limbic regions) and reward responsiveness. SUMMARY The recent data are, for the most part, consistent with a view that callous-unemotional traits/psychopathy represents an early appearing neuro-developmental disorder particularly associated with compromised emotional (limbic) functioning. However, some patients presenting with severe antisocial behavior may also show hyper-threat sensitivity, perhaps reflecting trauma exposure, and require different clinical interventions.
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Crooks D, Anderson NE, Widdows M, Petseva N, Decety J, Pluto C, Kiehl KA. The relationship between cavum septum pellucidum and psychopathic traits in female offenders. Behav Brain Res 2019; 359:967-972. [PMID: 29940262 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2018.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Revised: 06/01/2018] [Accepted: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Cavum Septum Pellucidum (CSP) is a common anatomical variant of the septum pellucidum. CSP is considered a marker for abnormal limbic brain development, but its functional consequences are non-specific. In a recent report (Crooks et al., 2018), CSP size was significantly positively correlated with the affective/interpersonal traits of psychopathy in male offenders (N = 1742). Here we test the hypothesis that CSP is related to psychopathic traits in incarcerated females (N = 355). We examine continuous relationships as well as categorical assignments for CSP size corresponding to a number of prior reports. We also compare female offenders to healthy female controls (N = 385). Consistent with our reported findings in males, a positive association was observed between the interpersonal psychopathic traits and CSP size. In contrast to findings among males, an association between CSP and antisocial psychopathic traits was apparent in females. There was no significant difference in CSP size (in mm) or CSP presence/absence between incarcerated and non-incarcarated groups. However, categorical rates of medium and large CSP were more common in female inmates than in controls. This is the first systematic investigation of these variables in a female inmate sample. In combination with our prior study, these findings demonstrate that limbic abnormalities, as indexed by CSP, are related to psychopathic traits in both female and male inmates.
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- Dana Crooks
- University of New Mexico, Department of Psychology, Albuquerque, NM, United States; The Mind Research Network (MRN) and Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute (LBERI), Albuquerque, NM, United States.
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- University of New Mexico, Department of Psychology, Albuquerque, NM, United States; The Mind Research Network (MRN) and Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute (LBERI), Albuquerque, NM, United States
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- The Mind Research Network (MRN) and Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute (LBERI), Albuquerque, NM, United States
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- University of New Mexico, Department of Psychology, Albuquerque, NM, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
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- The Mind Research Network (MRN) and Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute (LBERI), Albuquerque, NM, United States
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- University of New Mexico, Department of Psychology, Albuquerque, NM, United States; The Mind Research Network (MRN) and Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute (LBERI), Albuquerque, NM, United States
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Crooks D, Anderson NE, Widdows M, Petseva N, Koenigs M, Pluto C, Kiehl KA. The relationship between cavum septum pellucidum and psychopathic traits in a large forensic sample. Neuropsychologia 2018; 112:95-104. [PMID: 29545126 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2018.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2017] [Revised: 03/05/2018] [Accepted: 03/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Cavum septum pellucidum (CSP) is a neuroanatomical variant of the septum pellucidum that is considered a marker for disrupted brain development. Several small sample studies have reported CSP to be related to disruptive behavior, persistent antisocial traits, and even psychopathy. However, no large-scale samples have comprehensively examined the relationship between CSP, psychopathic traits, and antisocial behavior in forensic samples. Here we test hypotheses about the presence of CSP and its relationship to psychopathic traits in incarcerated males (N = 1432). We also examined the incidence of CSP in two non-incarcerated male control samples for comparison (N = 208 and 125). Ethnic and racial composition was varied with a mean age of 33.1, and an average IQ of 96.96. CSP was evaluated via structural magnetic resonance imaging. CSP was measured by length (number of 1.0 mm slices) in continuous analyses, and classified as absent (0) or present (1+ mm), as well as by size (absent (0), small (1-3), medium (4-5), or large (6+ mm)) for comparison with prior work. The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-III), Structured Clinical Interview (SCID-I/P), and Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) were used to assess IQ, substance dependence, and psychopathy, respectively. CSP length was positively associated with PCL-R total, Factor 1 (interpersonal/affective) and Facets 1 (interpersonal) and 2 (affective). CSP was no more prevalent among inmates than among non-incarcerated controls, with similar distributions of size. These results support the hypotheses that abnormal septal/limbic development may contribute to dimensional affective/interpersonal traits of psychopathy, but CSP is not closely associated with antisocial behavior, per se.
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- Dana Crooks
- University of New Mexico, Department of Psychology, Albuquerque, NM, United States.
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- The Mind Research Network (MRN) and Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute (LBERI), Albuquerque, NM, United States
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- The Mind Research Network (MRN) and Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute (LBERI), Albuquerque, NM, United States
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- University of New Mexico, Department of Psychology, Albuquerque, NM, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- The Mind Research Network (MRN) and Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute (LBERI), Albuquerque, NM, United States
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- University of New Mexico, Department of Psychology, Albuquerque, NM, United States; The Mind Research Network (MRN) and Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute (LBERI), Albuquerque, NM, United States
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Chen LM, Zhu MX, Zhang YF, Ma SH, Yi Y, Xia LX, Wu Y, Pei L. A 58-Year Old Male with Cognitive Deteriorations Caused by Septum Pellucidum Cyst: A Case Report. Front Aging Neurosci 2017; 9:299. [PMID: 28959202 PMCID: PMC5604059 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2017] [Accepted: 08/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Dementia is known to be induced by vascular dementia and certain neurodegenerative diseases. The presenting features of disordered memory, intellect and personality often result in referral to a neurologist initially. Septum pellucidum cyst (SPC) is a rare clinical finding and defined as a cystic structure between the lateral ventricles. SPC induced memory disorder and dementia has been seldom reported in which the clinical features are atypical and can be misdiagnosed. The main difficulty is to establish a correlation between symptoms and the cyst. When indicated, the treatment is essentially surgical and the ideal operative technique is also a matter of debate. Here, we reported a 58-year-male Chinese patient who presented with memory impairment 1 year ago. Both the physical and laboratory examinations were performed to evaluate the general conditions of the patient. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was applied to observe SPC and the neighboring brain structures. Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) were used to assess cognitive function. The results of the patient’s laboratory examinations were normal. However, the patient exhibited severe sleeplessness along with cognitive deteriorations despite short-term (less than 2 weeks) use of benzodiazepines with regular dose. MRI fulfills the consensus criteria for clinical diagnosis of SPC. Furthermore, the results of MMSE and MoCA were showed mild cognitive impairment (MCI) before the treatment of SPC. After neuroendoscopic fenestration of SPC, the patient’s syndromes were disappeared, and his cognitive function was improved. In conclusion, the patient’s symptoms were due to a secondary lesion attributed to the cyst. Comprehensive clinical evaluation and MRI help diagnose SPC induced dementia.
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- Li-Ming Chen
- Department of Neurology of the First People's Hospital of Jingzhou (The First Affiliated Hospital of Yangtze University)Jingzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan, China
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- Department of Neurology of the First People's Hospital of Jingzhou (The First Affiliated Hospital of Yangtze University)Jingzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan, China
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Rahman A, Haque SU, Bhandari PB, Alam S. Was Cavum Septum Pellucidum the Cause of Intractable Seizure in a 17-Year-Old Boy with Wilson Disease? World Neurosurg 2017; 105:1035.e5-1035.e10. [PMID: 28619500 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.06.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2017] [Revised: 06/03/2017] [Accepted: 06/05/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cavum septum pellucidum (CSP), which is often found incidentally in a few populations, occasionally becomes symptomatic if enlarged significantly. Wilson disease (WD) is an uncommon autosomal recessive inborn defect in copper metabolism characterized by abnormal accumulation of copper in various tissues, particularly in the liver and the brain. Seizure disorder, although rare both in CSP and WD, may happen in a few patients with either of the conditions. CASE DESCRIPTION We report a case of 17-year-old boy, a patient with known WD, who developed intractable seizure for a year, which was not controlled with a large amount of antiepileptics. Magnetic resonance imaging showed enlargement of his preexisting CSP, which was small and asymptomatic at the time of diagnosis of WD. His WD was in a state of remission when he developed the seizure disorder. On endoscopic cyst fenestration, he was relieved of the seizure. CONCLUSIONS Symptomatic CSP is a rare disorder, but the coexistence of WD is even rarer. Endoscopic cyst fenestration is a novel procedure that can be successful in properly selected cases. To the best of our knowledge, CSP associated with WD has not been reported in any English literature. We present this case for its rarity along with a relevant literature review.
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- Asifur Rahman
- Department of Neurosurgery, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Liu H, Li L, Shen L, Wang X, Hou Y, Zhao Z, Gu L, Mao J. Cavum septum pellucidum and first-episode psychosis: A meta-analysis. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0177715. [PMID: 28545119 PMCID: PMC5435239 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2016] [Accepted: 05/02/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Objectives To investigate the prevalence and changes of cavum septum pellucidum (CSP) in first-episode psychosis (FEP) patients. Methods Medline, Embase, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) were searched to identify eligible studies comparing FEP patients and healthy controls from inception to Feb 29, 2016. Results Ten cross-sectional studies and three longitudinal studies reported in ten articles met our criteria. Our meta-analysis found no significant differences in the prevalence of either “any CSP” (OR = 1.41; 95% CI 0.90–2.20; p = 0.13; I2 = 52.7%) or “large CSP” (OR = 1.10; 95% CI 0.77–1.58; p = 0.59; I2 = 24.1%) between FEP patients and healthy controls. However, the heterogeneity analysis of the prevalence of “any CSP” suggested bias in outcome reporting. Conclusions The results based on current evidence suggest it is unclear whether “any CSP” is a risk factor for FEP due to the heterogeneity of the studies. There is insufficient evidence to support that “large CSP” is a possible risk factor for FEP.
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- Hanwen Liu
- Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
- Internal Medicine Unit, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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- Chinese Evidence-based Medicine Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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- Cardiovascular Department, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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- Cardiovascular Department, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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- Cardiovascular Department, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Medical Administration, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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- Internal Medicine Unit, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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Kaur C, Ling EA. Transitory cystic cavities in the developing mammalian brain - normal or anomalous? J Anat 2016; 230:197-202. [PMID: 27761896 DOI: 10.1111/joa.12556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Transitory cavities associated with the ventricular system represent probably one of the most unique features in the developing mammalian brain. In rodents, the cavities exist transiently in the developing brain and do not appear to be associated with any pathological events. Among the various cavities, the pyramidal-shaped cavum septum pellucidum (CSP) located beneath the corpus callosum and between the lateral ventricles is most well defined. In addition to the CSP are the bilateral subependymal cysts that are consistently associated with the third and fourth ventricles as well as the aqueduct. The cavities/cysts contain a large number of amoeboid microglia expressing surface receptors and hydrolytic enzymes common to tissue macrophages. The significance of these cavities in the developing brain remains a conjecture. Firstly, the cavity walls are free of an apparent epithelial lining; hence, it is speculated that the cavities that appear to communicate with the widened neighboring interstitial tissue spaces may have resulted from physical traction due to the rapid growth of the perinatal brain. Secondly, the cavities contain prominent clusters of amoeboid microglia that may be involved in clearing the debris of degenerating axons and cells resulting from the early brain tissue remodeling. With the increase in brain tissue compactness following the beginning of myelination in the second postnatal week, all cavities are obliterated; concomitantly, the number of amoeboid microglia in them diminishes and all this might signal further maturation of the brain.
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- Charanjit Kaur
- Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Wang KC, Fuh JL, Lirng JF, Huang WC, Wang SJ. Headache Profiles in Patients with a Dilatated Cyst of the Cavum Septi Pellucidi. Cephalalgia 2016; 24:867-74. [PMID: 15377318 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2004.00760.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The dilatated cyst of the cavum septi pellucidi (CSP) is rare and may be associated with headaches. We reviewed the computerized database of 54 000 patients' computed tomography or magnetic resonance images and found 22 cases (0.04%) involving a dilatated cyst of the CSP. Sixteen patients had a chief complaint of headache, which was classified as acute episodic headache (type I, n = 7, 43.7%), chronic daily headache (CDH) with acute onset (type II, n = 5, 31.3%), or CDH with insidious onset (type III, n = 4, 25%). Acute Valsalva-induced headaches were common with type I (85%) or II (100%); 70% of these responded to indomethacin. At follow-up, patients with type I headache had the highest remission rate (71%), and type III patients the lowest (0%). Dilatated cysts of the CSP should be considered a cause of acute Valsalva-induced headache or new daily persistent headache, and may respond to indomethacin. A protracted course (≥ 3 months) indicates a worse outcome.
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- K-C Wang
- The Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
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Chumachenko SY, Sakai JT, Dalwani MS, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Dunn R, Tanabe J, Young S, McWilliams SK, Banich MT, Crowley TJ. Brain cortical thickness in male adolescents with serious substance use and conduct problems. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE 2016; 41:414-24. [PMID: 26337200 DOI: 10.3109/00952990.2015.1058389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adolescents with substance use disorder (SUD) and conduct problems exhibit high levels of impulsivity and poor self-control. Limited work to date tests for brain cortical thickness differences in these youths. OBJECTIVES To investigate differences in cortical thickness between adolescents with substance use and conduct problems and controls. METHODS We recruited 25 male adolescents with SUD, and 19 male adolescent controls, and completed structural 3T magnetic resonance brain imaging. Using the surface-based morphometry software FreeSurfer, we completed region-of-interest (ROI) analyses for group cortical thickness differences in left, and separately right, inferior frontal gyrus (IFG), orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and insula. Using FreeSurfer, we completed whole-cerebrum analyses of group differences in cortical thickness. RESULTS Versus controls, the SUD group showed no cortical thickness differences in ROI analyses. Controlling for age and IQ, no regions with cortical thickness differences were found using whole-cerebrum analyses (though secondary analyses co-varying IQ and whole-cerebrum cortical thickness yielded a between-group cortical thickness difference in the left posterior cingulate/precuneus). Secondary findings showed that the SUD group, relative to controls, demonstrated significantly less right > left asymmetry in IFG, had weaker insular-to-whole-cerebrum cortical thickness correlations, and showed a positive association between conduct disorder symptom count and cortical thickness in a superior temporal gyrus cluster. CONCLUSION Functional group differences may reflect a more nuanced cortical morphometric difference than ROI cortical thickness. Further investigation of morphometric differences is needed. If replicable findings can be established, they may aid in developing improved diagnostic or more targeted treatment approaches.
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Takahashi T, Nakamura M, Nakamura Y, Aleksic B, Kido M, Sasabayashi D, Takayanagi Y, Furuichi A, Nishikawa Y, Noguchi K, Ozaki N, Suzuki M. The Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia-1 Ser704Cys polymorphism and brain neurodevelopmental markers in schizophrenia and healthy subjects. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2015; 56:11-7. [PMID: 25092219 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2014.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2014] [Revised: 07/10/2014] [Accepted: 07/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Increasing evidence has implicated the role of Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia-1 (DISC1), a potential susceptibility gene for schizophrenia, in early neurodevelopmental processes. However, the effect of its genotype variation on brain morphologic changes related to neurodevelopmental abnormalities in schizophrenia remains largely unknown. This magnetic resonance imaging study examined the association between DISC1 Ser704Cys polymorphism and a range of brain neurodevelopmental markers [cavum septi pellucidi (CSP), adhesio interthalamica (AI), olfactory sulcus depth, and sulcogyral pattern (Types I, II, III, and IV) in the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC)] in an all Japanese sample of 75 schizophrenia patients and 87 healthy controls. The Cys carriers had significantly larger CSP than the Ser homozygotes for both schizophrenia patients and healthy controls. The Cys carriers also exhibited a reduction in the Type I pattern of the right OFC in the healthy controls, but not in the schizophrenia patients. The DISC1 Ser704Cys polymorphism did not affect the AI and olfactory sulcus depth in either group. These results suggested a possible role of the DISC1 genotype in the early neurodevelopment of human brains, but failed to show its specific role in the neurodevelopmental pathology of schizophrenia.
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- Tsutomu Takahashi
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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Schmitt JE, Yi JJ, Roalf DR, Loevner LA, Ruparel K, Whinna D, Souders MC, McDonald-McGinn DM, Yodh E, Vandekar S, Zackai EH, Gur RC, Emanuel BS, Gur RE. Incidental radiologic findings in the 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2014; 35:2186-91. [PMID: 24948496 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a4003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The 22q11.2 deletion syndrome is a common genetic microdeletion syndrome that results in cognitive delays and an increased risk of several psychiatric disorders, particularly schizophrenia. The current study investigates the prevalence of incidental neuroradiologic findings within this population and their relationships with psychiatric conditions. MATERIALS AND METHODS Brain MR imaging from 58 individuals with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome was reviewed by board-certified radiologists by using standard clinical procedures. Intracranial incidental findings were classified into 8 categories and compared with a large typically developing cohort. RESULTS The rate of incidental findings was significantly higher (P < .0001) in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome compared with typically developing individuals, driven by a high prevalence of cavum septum pellucidum (19.0%) and white matter abnormalities (10.3%). Both of these findings were associated with psychosis in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. CONCLUSIONS Cavum septum pellucidum and white matter hyperintensities are significantly more prevalent in patients with the 22q11.2 deletion syndrome and may represent biomarkers for psychosis.
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- J E Schmitt
- From the Department of Radiology (J.E.S., L.A.L.), Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Brain Behavior Laboratory (J.E.S., J.J.Y., D.R.R., K.R., D.W., E.Y., S.V., R.C.G., R.E.G.), Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Brain Behavior Laboratory (J.E.S., J.J.Y., D.R.R., K.R., D.W., E.Y., S.V., R.C.G., R.E.G.), Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Psychiatry (J.J.Y.)
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- Brain Behavior Laboratory (J.E.S., J.J.Y., D.R.R., K.R., D.W., E.Y., S.V., R.C.G., R.E.G.), Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- From the Department of Radiology (J.E.S., L.A.L.), Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Brain Behavior Laboratory (J.E.S., J.J.Y., D.R.R., K.R., D.W., E.Y., S.V., R.C.G., R.E.G.), Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Brain Behavior Laboratory (J.E.S., J.J.Y., D.R.R., K.R., D.W., E.Y., S.V., R.C.G., R.E.G.), Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Human Genetics (M.C.S., D.M.M.-M., E.H.Z., B.S.E.), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Human Genetics (M.C.S., D.M.M.-M., E.H.Z., B.S.E.), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Pediatrics (D.M.M.-M., E.H.Z., B.S.E.), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Pediatrics (D.M.M.-M., E.H.Z., B.S.E.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Brain Behavior Laboratory (J.E.S., J.J.Y., D.R.R., K.R., D.W., E.Y., S.V., R.C.G., R.E.G.), Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Brain Behavior Laboratory (J.E.S., J.J.Y., D.R.R., K.R., D.W., E.Y., S.V., R.C.G., R.E.G.), Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Human Genetics (M.C.S., D.M.M.-M., E.H.Z., B.S.E.), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Pediatrics (D.M.M.-M., E.H.Z., B.S.E.), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Pediatrics (D.M.M.-M., E.H.Z., B.S.E.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Brain Behavior Laboratory (J.E.S., J.J.Y., D.R.R., K.R., D.W., E.Y., S.V., R.C.G., R.E.G.), Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Human Genetics (M.C.S., D.M.M.-M., E.H.Z., B.S.E.), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Pediatrics (D.M.M.-M., E.H.Z., B.S.E.), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Pediatrics (D.M.M.-M., E.H.Z., B.S.E.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Brain Behavior Laboratory (J.E.S., J.J.Y., D.R.R., K.R., D.W., E.Y., S.V., R.C.G., R.E.G.), Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Conduct disorder is a childhood behaviour disorder that is characterized by persistent aggressive or antisocial behaviour that disrupts the child's environment and impairs his or her functioning. A proportion of children with conduct disorder have psychopathic traits. Psychopathic traits consist of a callous-unemotional component and an impulsive-antisocial component, which are associated with two core impairments. The first is a reduced empathic response to the distress of other individuals, which primarily reflects reduced amygdala responsiveness to distress cues; the second is deficits in decision making and in reinforcement learning, which reflects dysfunction in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex and striatum. Genetic and prenatal factors contribute to the abnormal development of these neural systems, and social-environmental variables that affect motivation influence the probability that antisocial behaviour will be subsequently displayed.
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Silk T, Beare R, Crossley L, Rogers K, Emsell L, Catroppa C, Beauchamp M, Anderson V. Cavum septum pellucidum in pediatric traumatic brain injury. Psychiatry Res 2013; 213:186-92. [PMID: 23816190 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2013.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2013] [Revised: 02/21/2013] [Accepted: 03/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The cavum septum pellucidum (CSP) is a fluid-filled cavity in the thin midline structure of the septum pellucidum. The CSP has been linked to several neurodevelopmental disorders, but it also occurs as a result of head injury. The aims were to assess the presence and characterization of the CSP in youth with traumatic brain injury (TBI), to assess whether injury severity or IQ measures were related to CSP size, and to examine brain morphometry changes associated with the CSP size. Ninety-eight survivors of TBI and 34 control children underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Numerous methods were used to define the presence and characterization of the CSP including length, classification of abnormally large CSP, rating of the CSP, and volume. There was no difference in presence of CSP between TBI patients and controls; however, there was larger and more severely graded CSP in the patient group. Size of the CSP correlated positively with injury severity, and regions that correlated most significantly with CSP size were the right entorhinal cortex and bilateral hippocampus. Characterizing the CSP and related brain changes may provide important information concerning disturbances seen after a TBI.
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- Timothy Silk
- Developmental Imaging, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
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White SF, Brislin S, Sinclair S, Fowler KA, Pope K, Blair RJR. The relationship between large cavum septum pellucidum and antisocial behavior, callous-unemotional traits and psychopathy in adolescents. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2013; 54:575-81. [PMID: 22934662 PMCID: PMC3514613 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2012.02603.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND The presence of a large cavum septum pellucidum (CSP) has been previously associated with antisocial behavior/psychopathic traits in an adult community sample. AIMS The current study investigated the relationship between a large CSP and symptom severity in disruptive behavior disorders (DBD; conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder). METHOD Structural MRI scans of youth with DBDs (N = 32) and healthy comparison youth (N = 27) were examined for the presence of a large CSP and if this was related to symptom severity. RESULTS Replicating previous results, a large CSP was associated with DBD diagnosis, proactive aggression, and level of psychopathic traits in youth. However, the presence of a large CSP was unrelated to aggression or psychopathic traits within the DBD sample. CONCLUSIONS Early brain mal-development may increase the risk of a DBD diagnosis, but does not mark a particularly severe form of DBD within patients receiving these diagnoses.
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- Stuart F White
- Unit on Affective Cognitive Neuroscience, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Fredriksson L, Nilsson I, Su EJ, Andrae J, Ding H, Betsholtz C, Eriksson U, Lawrence DA. Platelet-derived growth factor C deficiency in C57BL/6 mice leads to abnormal cerebral vascularization, loss of neuroependymal integrity, and ventricular abnormalities. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2012; 180:1136-1144. [PMID: 22230248 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2011.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2011] [Revised: 11/04/2011] [Accepted: 12/02/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Platelet-derived growth factors (PDGFs) and their tyrosine kinase receptors (PDGFRs) are known to play important roles during development of the lungs, central nervous system (CNS), and skeleton and in several diseases. PDGF-C is a ligand for the tyrosine kinase receptor PDGFRα. Mutations in the gene encoding PDGF-C have been linked to clefts of the lip and/or palate in humans, and ablation of PDGF-C in 129/Sv background mice results in death during the perinatal period. In this study, we report that ablation of PDGF-C in C57BL/6 mice results in a milder phenotype than in 129/Sv mice, and we present a phenotypic characterization of PDGF-C deficiency in the adult murine CNS. Multiple congenital defects were observed in the CNS of PDGF-C-null C57BL/6 mice, including cerebral vascular abnormalities with abnormal vascular smooth muscle cell coverage. In vivo imaging of mice deficient in PDGF-C also revealed cerebral ventricular abnormalities, such as asymmetry of the lateral ventricles and hypoplasia of the septum, reminiscent of cavum septum pellucidum in humans. We further noted that PDGF-C-deficient mice displayed a distorted ependymal lining of the lateral ventricles, and we found evidence of misplaced neurons in the ventricular lining. We conclude that PDGF-C plays a critical role in the development of normal cerebral ventricles and neuroependymal integrity as well as in normal cerebral vascularization.
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- Linda Fredriksson
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Vascular Biology Group, Division of Vascular Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Tissue Biology Group, Division of Vascular Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Vascular Biology Group, Division of Vascular Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Vascular Biology Group, Division of Vascular Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Tissue Biology Group, Division of Vascular Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Szabó N, Gergev G, Kóbor J, Bereg E, Túri S, Sztriha L. Corpus callosum anomalies: birth prevalence and clinical spectrum in Hungary. Pediatr Neurol 2011; 44:420-6. [PMID: 21555052 DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2011.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2010] [Revised: 11/15/2010] [Accepted: 01/17/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Data regarding the epidemiology of callosal anomalies are contradictory. We performed a population-based retrospective survey to study the birth prevalence and clinical features of agenesis/hypoplasia of the corpus callosum and accompanying central nervous system and somatic abnormalities in southeastern Hungary between July 1, 1992 and June 30, 2006. Among 185,486 live births, 38 patients (26 boys and 12 girls) manifested agenesis/hypoplasia of the corpus callosum, corresponding to a prevalence of 2.05 per 10,000 live births (95% confidence interval, 1.4-2.7). Callosal anomalies were isolated in 18 patients, and were associated with other central nervous system malformations in five children. Both central nervous system and noncentral nervous system abnormalities were evident in seven patients, whereas callosal dysgenesis was accompanied only by somatic anomalies in eight children. Five of 18 patients with isolated agenesis/hypoplasia of the corpus callosum remained asymptomatic. Developmental delay, intellectual disability, or epilepsy occurred in all patients, except one, when callosal anomalies were combined with other brain or somatic abnormalities. Five patients with multiplex malformations died. Callosal anomalies form a clinically significant and relatively frequent group of central nervous system malformations.
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- Nóra Szabó
- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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Hagmann CF, Robertson NJ, Acolet D, Nyombi N, Ondo S, Nakakeeto M, Cowan FM. Cerebral measurements made using cranial ultrasound in term Ugandan newborns. Early Hum Dev 2011; 87:341-7. [PMID: 21353402 DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.01.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2010] [Revised: 01/24/2011] [Accepted: 01/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Few cUS studies of cerebral measurements are available for normal term infants. Normative data is important for evaluating cerebral structure size in symptomatic term infants and assessing preterm brain growth by term age. OBJECTIVES To (i) make linear measurements using cranial ultrasound (cUS) for major cerebral structures and intracranial spaces in normal newborn term infants, (ii) correlate these measurements with gestational age (GA), birth weight (BW), head circumference (HC), gender and within one infant (iii) examine inter/intra-observer variation, and (iv) compare these data with those currently available. DESIGN, SETTING AND PATIENTS Linear cUS measurements of major cerebral structures were made in well term-born Ugandan infants at Mulago University Hospital, Kampala. Correlations between the measurements and gender, HC, BW and GA were calculated. Intra- and inter-observer agreements were assessed. RESULTS Data from 106 infants (mean GA 39.20±1.4SD weeks) were analysed. Intra/inter-observer agreement was substantial/excellent. Significant correlations were found between HC and pons anterior-posterior diameter (p<0.01), corpus callosal (CC) length (p=0.02) and transverse cerebellar diameter (TCD, p<0.01) and between BW and CC length (p=0.02), vermis height (<0.01) and thalamo-occipital distance (p=0.03); no significant correlation was found with GA. Within infants CC length and TCD correlated significantly (p=0.019). Males had larger left ventricular indices than females (p=0.04). The data was similar to those from other populations. CONCLUSIONS These data provide reliable reference values for linear measurements of many cerebral structures made using cUS. The data agree well with those from other populations suggesting that cerebral size is similar in different ethnic groups.
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- C F Hagmann
- EGA UCL Institute for Women's Health, UCL, UK
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Weinberg SM, Andreasen NC, Nopoulos P. Three-dimensional morphometric analysis of brain shape in nonsyndromic orofacial clefting. J Anat 2010; 214:926-36. [PMID: 19538636 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01084.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Previous studies report structural brain differences in individuals with nonsyndromic orofacial clefts (NSOFC) compared with healthy controls. These changes involve non-uniform shifts in tissue volume within the cerebral cortex and cerebellum, suggesting that the shape of the brain may be altered in cleft-affected individuals. To test this hypothesis, a landmark-based morphometric approach was utilized to quantify and compare brain shape in a sample of 31 adult males with cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P), 14 adult males with cleft palate only (CPO) and 41 matched healthy controls. Fifteen midline and surface landmarks were collected from MRI brain scans and the resulting 3D coordinates were subjected to statistical shape analysis. First, a geometric morphometric analysis was performed in three steps: Procrustes superimposition of raw landmark coordinates, omnibus testing for group difference in shape, followed by canonical variates analysis (CVA) of shape coordinates. Secondly, Euclidean distance matrix analysis (EDMA) was carried out on scaled inter-landmark distances to identify localized shape differences throughout the brain. The geometric morphometric analysis revealed significant differences in brain shape among all three groups (P < 0.001). From CVA, the major brain shape changes associated with clefting included selective enlargement of the anterior cerebrum coupled with a relative reduction in posterior and/or inferior cerebral portions, changes in the medio-lateral position of the cerebral poles, posterior displacement of the corpus callosum, and reorientation of the cerebellum. EDMA revealed largely similar brain shape changes. Thus, compared with controls, major brain shape differences were present in adult males with CL/P and CPO. These results both confirm and expand previous findings from traditional volumetric studies of the brain in clefting and provide further evidence that the neuroanatomical phenotype in individuals with NSOFC is a primary manifestation of the defect and not a secondarily acquired characteristic.
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- Seth M Weinberg
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa City, USA.
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Winter TC, Kennedy AM, Byrne J, Woodward PJ. The cavum septi pellucidi: why is it important? JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE 2010; 29:427-444. [PMID: 20194938 DOI: 10.7863/jum.2010.29.3.427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The cavum septi pellucidi (CSP) is routinely imaged in the fetal brain during obstetric sonography; in fact, for well over a decade, assessment of the CSP has been considered part of the required elements of a standard examination of fetal morphology in guidelines developed by multiple specialty societies. Our objective is to present the 4 reasons why all practicing sonologists and sonographers should be familiar with this anatomic structure. METHODS Prenatal sonograms and magnetic resonance imaging examinations are used to review the following topics: terminology, embryology, and anatomy of the CSP; pitfalls in its identification; and a wide variety of abnormalities (predominantly relating to nonvisualization) associated with the CSP. RESULTS Embryologic development of the CSP is intimately associated with the corpus callosum (CC); thus, correct identification of the CSP essentially excludes complete agenesis of the CC. Absence of the CSP is associated with an extremely wide spectrum of neuroanatomic malformations: these range from the lethal entities of hydranencephaly and alobar holoprosencephaly; to the potentially serious but nonlethal entities of schizencephaly, porencephaly, basilar encephaloceles, severe hydrocephalus, and the less severe prosencephalic cleavage disorders (including syntelencephaly); to the normal variant, the rare and somewhat controversial entity of isolated septal deficiency. The value of noting that the absent CSP allows diagnosis of very subtle and easily overlooked abnormalities such as septo-optic dysplasia is presented. CONCLUSIONS Correct recognition of the CSP provides welcome reassurance of proper development of the central forebrain.
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- Thomas C Winter
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Beaton EA, Qin Y, Nguyen V, Johnson J, Pinter JD, Simon TJ. Increased incidence and size of cavum septum pellucidum in children with chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. Psychiatry Res 2010; 181:108-13. [PMID: 20074913 PMCID: PMC2904971 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2009] [Revised: 08/12/2009] [Accepted: 10/17/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) is a result of a hemizygotic microdeletion that results in a variety of impairments in children including greater risk for psychiatric ailments in adulthood. We used high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging to accurately quantify the length and, for the first time, volume, of the cavum septum pellucidum (CSP) in children aged 7 to 14years with 22q11.2DS and typically developing (TD) controls. Significantly greater anteroposterior length and greater CSP volumes were found in children with 22q11.2DS compared with controls. Furthermore, the largest CSP were found only in the 22q11.2DS group and with a much higher incidence than previously reported in the literature. Given the significant midline anomalies in the brains of those affected by 22q11.2DS, large CSP may be a biomarker of atypical brain development. The implication of these larger CSP for cognitive and behavioral development is a topic in need of further investigation.
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- Elliott A. Beaton
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis, California, U.S.A.
,UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California, Davis, California, U.S.A.
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- UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California, Davis, California, U.S.A.
,Department of Child Development, Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis, California, U.S.A.
,UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California, Davis, California, U.S.A.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis, California, U.S.A.
,UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California, Davis, California, U.S.A.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis, California, U.S.A.
,UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California, Davis, California, U.S.A.
,Corresponding/Reprint Request Author: Tony J. Simon, UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute, 2825 50th St., Sacramento, CA 95817, Phone: (916) 703-0407, Fax: (916) 734-3384,
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Choi JS, Kang DH, Park JY, Jung WH, Choi CH, Chon MW, Jung MH, Lee JM, Kwon JS. Cavum septum pellucidum in subjects at ultra-high risk for psychosis: compared with first-degree relatives of patients with schizophrenia and healthy volunteers. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2008; 32:1326-30. [PMID: 18513845 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2008.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2008] [Revised: 04/12/2008] [Accepted: 04/15/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The cavum septum pellucidum (CSP) is a space between the two leaflets of the septum pellucidum, and is a putative marker of disturbance in early brain development. We examined whether CSP was present more frequently in subjects at ultra-high risk (UHR) for psychosis compared to first-degree relatives of patients with schizophrenia (genetic high risk, GHR) and healthy controls (HC). METHODS We evaluated CSP in 87 subjects (30 UHR, 23 GHR, and 34 HC) according to a published grading system using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with 0.45-mm slice thickness. We also assessed two other criteria: presence of CSP on at least one MRI slice, and abnormally large CSP (i.e., > or =6 mm in length). Correlational analysis between CSP measures and clinical symptoms was also examined. RESULTS Based on the grading scale, the UHR group exhibited a significantly higher incidence of abnormal CSP (grades 2, 3, and 4) compared to the HC group, but there were no significant differences in the incidence of abnormal CSP between the UHR and GHR or the GHR and HC groups. There were no significant differences among the groups in the presence of CSP on at least one MRI slice or abnormally large CSP based on the length of CSP. In addition, no significant correlations between CSP measures and clinical symptoms were found. CONCLUSION These findings suggest that abnormal CSP might be associated with susceptibility to psychosis, although the CSP itself might be a normal anatomical variant. Further studies using a larger sample are needed to clarify issues on neurodevelopmental perspective in subjects at high risk for psychosis.
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- Jung-Seok Choi
- Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Clinical Cognitive Neuroscience Center, SNU-MRC, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Takahashi T, Suzuki M, Hagino H, Niu L, Zhou SY, Nakamura K, Tanino R, Kawasaki Y, Seto H, Kurachi M. Prevalence of large cavum septi pellucidi and its relation to the medial temporal lobe structures in schizophrenia spectrum. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2007; 31:1235-41. [PMID: 17553605 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2007.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2007] [Revised: 04/02/2007] [Accepted: 04/30/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Magnetic resonance imaging was used to evaluate the prevalence of the cavum septi pellucidi (CSP) in 154 schizophrenia patients, 47 schizotypal disorder patients, and 163 healthy controls. We also explored the relation of a large CSP (> or =6 mm) with medial temporal lobe structures. No significant difference was found in the prevalence of the CSP (76.0% of the schizophrenia patients, 81.6% of the controls, and 85.1% of the schizotypal patients) or the large CSP (6.5% of the schizophrenia patients, 7.4% of the controls, and 10.6% of the schizotypal patients) among the groups, but patients with a large CSP (10 schizophrenia and 5 schizotypal patients) had smaller volumes of bilateral amygdala and left posterior parahippocampal gyrus than patients without it. In the control subjects, the large CSP did not affect the volumes of the medial temporal lobe structures. These findings might reflect neurodevelopmental abnormalities in midline and associated limbic structures of the brain in schizophrenia spectrum.
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- Tsutomu Takahashi
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.
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Brisch R, Bernstein HG, Krell D, Stauch R, Trübner K, Dobrowolny H, Kropf S, Bielau H, Bogerts B. Volumetric analysis of septal region in schizophrenia and affective disorder. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2007; 257:140-8. [PMID: 17180571 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-006-0697-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2006] [Accepted: 08/28/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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MRI and post-mortem studies indicate an increased prevalence of cavum septi pellucidi (CSP) in schizophrenia and affective disorder. The aim of this study was to characterize the CSP and the septal tissue among patients with schizophrenia, patients with affective disorder, and control subjects. The volumes of CSP and septal tissue were measured in post-mortem brains in 42 patients with schizophrenia, 14 patients with affective disorder, and 17 normal control cases by planimetry of serial sections. Enlargements of CSP (>100 mm(3)) were found in eight of the 42 (19%) patients with schizophrenia. There were no significant differences in CSP volumes between patients with affective disorder and controls. Enlarged CSP in schizophrenia were not associated with reduced septal tissue volumes. By contrast, a significant positive correlation between volumes of CSP and septal tissue volumes in patients with schizophrenia (P = 0.03) and in control cases (P < 0.01) was found, but not in patients with affective disorder (P = 0.53). The finding of enlarged CSP in schizophrenia strongly supports the hypothesis of an early developmental abnormality in this key structure of the limbic system.
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- Ralf Brisch
- Dept. of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.
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Flashman LA, Roth RM, Pixley HS, Cleavinger HB, McAllister TW, Vidaver R, Saykin AJ. Cavum septum pellucidum in schizophrenia: clinical and neuropsychological correlates. Psychiatry Res 2007; 154:147-55. [PMID: 17291728 PMCID: PMC1858669 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2005] [Revised: 07/07/2006] [Accepted: 09/07/2006] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Increased frequency of cavum septum pellucidum (CSP) has been inconsistently observed in schizophrenia, and little is known about its functional implications. We investigated whether patients with schizophrenia were more likely than healthy controls to have CSP, and among patients assessed the relationship between CSP, psychiatric symptoms, and selected neuropsychological functions. Seventy-seven patients with diagnoses of DSM-IV schizophrenia spectrum disorders and 55 healthy controls were studied and completed a 1.5 T MRI scan. Two raters, blind to group membership, determined the presence, length and grade of the CSP. A subset of participants also underwent neuropsychological testing. A CSP of at least 1 mm in length was present in 68.8% of patients and 76.4% of controls, and the groups did not differ significantly with respect to presence or absence, length, overall size, or percent with an abnormally large CSP (> or =6 mm). Patients with an abnormally large CSP demonstrated poorer performance on measures of verbal learning and memory than patients with smaller CSP. Among patients, CSP length was significantly correlated with negative symptoms, verbal learning, and sentence comprehension. Among patients with abnormally large CSP, CSP length was correlated with reaction time on two conditions of a Continuous Performance Test. CSP, while prevalent, was not more frequent in our sample of patients with schizophrenia, and had few associations with symptom severity or neuropsychological deficits.
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- Laura A Flashman
- Neuropsychology Program and Brain Imaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, and New Hampshire Hospital, Lebanon, NH, USA.
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Septo‐optic‐pituitary dysplasia. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s0072-9752(07)87003-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Filipovic B, Ilankovic N, Radonjic V, Filipovic B, Nikolic V. Large cava septi pellucidi in schizophrenic patients, alcoholics, head-traumatized, and normal individuals: morpholgical features and forensic implications. A postmortem study. Acta Neuropsychiatr 2006; 18:15-20. [PMID: 26991977 DOI: 10.1111/j.0924-2708.2006.00112.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND The enlarged cava septi pellucidi (CSP = 6 mm in length) have been reported as a reliable marker of an underlying neuropsychiatric disease or disorder. Differences in the dimensions of cava longer than 6 mm associated with a neuropsychiatric impairment could be of possible clinical and forensic significance. METHODS We obtained 479 brains from autopsied persons (310 males and 169 females, aged 22-89 years) and observed that 110 brains (75 males and 35 females) had CSP, of which the length of CSP was equal to or longer than 6 mm on 69 (49 males and 20 females) of them. These cava were classified into four groups depending on the past medical histories of the autopsied person: five without neuropsychiatric history (asymptomatic CSP), 25 schizophrenic patients, 22 alcoholics, and 17 with a past head trauma (symptomatic CSP). RESULTS The linear parameters of CSP (i.e. length, width) of the symptomatic and asymptomatic groups were measured and were statistically analyzed. Analysis revealed that the cava in the group of schizophrenic patients were significantly longer and wider. CONCLUSIONS Discriminant function analysis was used to derive a mathematical formula to classify CSP into one of the groups obtained based on width measurements of the cavum.
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- B Filipovic
- 1Institute of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- 2Department for Organic Mental Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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- 1Institute of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- 3Clinical Center 'Bezanijska Kosa', Belgrade, Serbia
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- 1Institute of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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Soto-Ares G, Joyes B, Delmaire C, Vallee L, Pruvo JP. Imagerie par résonance magnétique du retard mental non spécifique. J Neuroradiol 2005; 32:224-38. [PMID: 16237361 DOI: 10.1016/s0150-9861(05)83143-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mental retardation is considered idiopathic or not otherwise specified when no etiological diagnosis can be identified in spite of comprehensive history, physical examination and metabolic or genetic investigations. In such cases, brain MRI is indicated for patients with abnormal head size or shape, craniofacial malformation, somatic anomalies, neurocutaneous findings, seizures, focal neurological findings or behavioral and/or developmental problems. Brain anomalies are now considered a main category for the etiology of mental retardation. MRI evaluation should include axial images of the entire brain, sagittal images through the midline structures, and coronal images of the posterior fossa or entire brain. MRI allows detection of major and or minor cerebral anomalies or malformations, sometimes multiple. In the literature, the most frequently involved structures include: 1/ corpus callosum (hypoplasia, short corpus callosum and verticalized splenium), 2/ septum pellucidum (cavum septum pellucidum or cavum vergae), 3/ ventricles (ventriculomegaly), 4/ cerebral cortex (cortical dysplasia), 5/ cerebellum (hypoplasia), and 6/ extra-axial CSF spaces (enlargement). In our patient population, dysplasia involving the cerebellum and vermis have been identified, a finding that has not yet been described in the literature. MRI allows detection of multiple minor morphological anomalies. Most have classically been considered as normal variants but they may in fact be markers of cerebral dysgenesis and are currently the only anomaly detected in the work-up of patients with mental retardation. Their role in the pathogenesis of mental retardation is under evaluation.
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- G Soto-Ares
- Department of Neuroradiology, Hôpital Roger Salengro, CHRU Lille, France.
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Miki T, Wada J, Nakajima N, Inaji T, Akimoto J, Haraoka J. Operative indications and neuroendoscopic management of symptomatic cysts of the septum pellucidum. Childs Nerv Syst 2005; 21:372-81. [PMID: 15654632 DOI: 10.1007/s00381-004-1063-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2003] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Since there is no current consensus on the diagnostic standards or surgical indications for symptomatic cysts of the septum pellucidum (CSP), we presented our experience treating such cases with neuroendoscopic surgery in order to possibly make a contribution to the attainment of such a consensus. METHODS In the last 5 years, we effectively treated 5 patients (4 males and 1 female) with CSP by neuroendoscopic surgery. The 3 congenital cases were young: 9, 14, and 29 years old. The 2 secondary cases were adults aged 51 and 65 years old. We were able to fenestrate, and biopsy for pathological analysis, the cyst walls of symptomatic CSP using a minimally invasive neuroendoscopic technique, with postoperative improvement in compression of adjacent structures, as well as clinical signs. CONCLUSIONS It is necessary to consider the overall picture including clinical signs, progress of the condition, intracranial pressure, and cerebral circulation, in deciding whether surgery is indicated. Neuroendoscopic surgery is an effective, optimal, and convenient therapeutic modality for symptomatic CSP.
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- Tamotsu Miki
- Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Medical Universit, Japan.
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Filipović B, Teofilovski-Parapid G. Linear parameters of normal and abnormal cava septi pellucidi: a post-mortem study. Clin Anat 2005; 17:626-30. [PMID: 15494969 DOI: 10.1002/ca.20014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Anatomical variations in the dimensions of different brain structures have been correlated with clinical syndromes. This study on the parameters of normal and abnormal cavum septi pellucidi (CSP) can be of clinical significance. We obtained 479 brains from autopsied persons (310 males and 169 females, 377 normal or asymptomatic and 102 abnormal or symptomatic persons, aged 22-89 years) and observed that 110 brains (75 males and 35 females) had CSP. These cava were classified into two groups depending on the past medical histories of the autopsied person: 40 asymptomatic and 70 symptomatic cava. We have defined symptomatic cava as those in autopsied persons who had known past medical history of psychiatric or neurological disease. Asymptomatic cava were in autopsied persons who had no known past medical history of psychiatric or neurological disease. The CSP parameters (length, width, depth) of the symptomatic and asymptomatic groups were measured and were statistically analyzed. Analysis showed that the cava in the symptomatic group were significantly longer and wider. Discriminant function analysis was used to derive a mathematical formula to classify CSP into an asymptomatic or symptomatic group based on length and width measurements of the cavum.
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- Branislav Filipović
- Institute of Anatomy, School of Medicine University of Belgrade, Serbia, Montenegro, 11000 Yugoslavia.
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Filipović B, Prostran M, Ilanković N, Filipović B. Predictive potential of cavum septi pellucidi (CSP) in schizophrenics, alcoholics and persons with past head trauma. A post-mortem study. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2004; 254:228-30. [PMID: 15309391 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-004-0483-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2003] [Accepted: 12/03/2003] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The increased presence of cavum septi pellucidi (CSP) was reported among people suffering from schizophrenia, alcoholism or it could be a remnant of an old head trauma. We have tried to compare not only prevalences, but also lengths, widths and depths of the obtained cava in an effort to emphasize the importance of linear parameters in routine diagnostics. On 479 cadavers, 310 male and 169 female, aged 22 to 89; 110 brains had a CSP: 40 persons had no data about prior neuropsychiatric disease, 25 were schizophrenics, 25 alcoholics and 20 received a serious head blow during their lifetime. The prevalence of CSP in the entire group was 22.96%; among normal persons 10.61%; in schizophrenics 83.33%, in alcoholics 58.14 % and in persons with sustained prior head trauma 68.96%. There was a statistically significant difference in ratings, lengths and widths of CSP between schizophrenics, alcoholics, head traumatized and normals. Both length and width were revealed as parameters of importance for CSP selection. CSP is more frequent, longer and wider in persons who are suffering from schizophrenia, alcohol addicts and those who had sustained one or several head blows in the past. Its linear parameters are advisable to be measured.
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- Branislav Filipović
- Institute of Anatomy, 4/2 Dr Subotica, 11000 Beograd, Serbia and Montenegro.
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In the office practice of pediatrics, the clinical threshold for order-ing imaging studies of the brain and spine has fallen in recent years, and requests have multiplied for consultation .o assess the meaning of unexpected imaging findings. Familiarity with the most common entities that precipitate such requests allows the pediatrician to allay parental anxieties with informed preliminary counseling and to set appropriate priorities for subsequent referrals and investigations.
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- Joseph H Piatt
- Section of Neurosurgery, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Erie Avenue at Front Street, Philadelphia, PA 19134-1095, USA.
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Hutcheson KA. Wide cavum septum pellucidum and visual impairment. J AAPOS 2003; 7:363-5. [PMID: 14566321 DOI: 10.1016/s1091-8531(03)00185-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- Kelly A Hutcheson
- Department of Ophthalmology, Children's National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20010, USA
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BACKGROUND An enlarged cavum septum pellucidum (CSP) is a putative marker of disturbed brain development, and it has been associated with a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders. The goal of this study was to characterize systematically the CSP and the related cavum vergae in individuals with Tourette syndrome (TS). METHODS The overall size and anteroposterior length of the CSP in 161 children (97 with TS and 64 normal pediatric control subjects) and 107 adults (43 with TS and 64 normal adult control subjects) were rated on high-resolution magnetic resonance images in the coronal view. The associations of CSP size with diagnosis and symptom severity scores were assessed using ordinal logistic regression. RESULTS CSP size in TS children was significantly smaller than in normal control subjects, and it was inversely associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptom severity in the TS subjects. CSP size was not significantly associated with the comorbid diagnoses of OCD or ADHD. These results were replicated in the independent sample of adults with TS and their same-age control subjects. The presence of a cavum vergae was not significantly associated with a diagnosis of TS. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that the pathophysiology of TS may involve abnormalities in the early development of the CSP or in the neighboring corpus callosum, septal nuclei, or limbic system.
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- Karen J Kim
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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The cavum septum pellucidum is not a part of the brain's ventricular system and does not communicate with the lateral ventricles. However, under conditions of increased intraventricular pressure, cerebrospinal fluid may penetrate the septum and cause formation of a cavity. We report a neonate with pus accumulation in the cavum septum pellucidum after an episode of ventriculitis. The cavum septum pellucidum disappeared after medical and surgical management of the infection and increased intracranial pressure.
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- Sung-Tse Li
- Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Nopoulos P, Berg S, VanDemark D, Richman L, Canady J, Andreasen NC. Increased incidence of a midline brain anomaly in patients with nonsyndromic clefts of the lip and/or palate. J Neuroimaging 2001; 11:418-24. [PMID: 11677883 DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2001.tb00072.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Nonsyndromic clefts of the lip and palate (CLP) are developmental craniofacial abnormalities that are often associated with cognitive dysfunction. This study was designed to evaluate, in patients with CLP, the presence of a specific midline brain anomaly (enlarged cavum septi pellucidi [CSP]) that has been shown in other developmental syndromes to be related to poor cognitive function. METHODS Brain images were obtained using magnetic resonance imaging on 49 adult men with CLP and 75 healthy controls. Size of CSP was measured using consecutive coronal images. RESULTS The incidence of large CSP in the CLP group was 8% (4 of 49), significantly higher than that found in the control group. In 2 of these 4 subjects, the anomaly was complete nonfusion of the septal leaflets, known as a combined CSP and cavum vergae. Furthermore, there was a significant inverse relationship of IQ and CSP in CLP patients that was not present in controls. That is, in individuals with CLP, the larger the CSP, the lower the IQ. CONCLUSIONS Adult men with CLP have an increased prevalence of enlarged CSP. Moreover, this anomaly is directly related to cognitive deficits. This study provides further evidence that the development of the face and the development of the brain are intimately related and that defects in craniofacial development are most likely associated with defects in brain development.
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- P Nopoulos
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa College of Medicine, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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We report three children, each of whom seemed to have a primary mitochondrial disorder at presentation but was eventually diagnosed with an extramitochondrial inherited metabolic disease. The first patient presented at 6 months with developmental delay. Magnetic resonance imaging showed an abnormal signal in the white matter, and magnetic resonance spectroscopy showed elevated lactate peaks. A muscle biopsy showed complex IV deficiency, but leukocyte measurement of galactosylceramide beta-galactosidase activity was markedly diminished, consistent with Krabbe's disease. The second patient presented at birth with seizures and later had developmental delays. There was brain atrophy on neuroimaging. Serum and cerebrospinal fluid lactate levels were elevated. She had persistently elevated urine thiosulfate, which was diagnostic for molybdenum cofactor deficiency. The third child presented at 2 months with seizures and hypotonia. Magnetic resonance imaging showed an abnormal signal in the basal ganglia and surrounding white matter, whereas magnetic resonance spectroscopy showed elevated lactate peaks. A brain biopsy was diagnostic for Alexander's disease. These cases and others in the literature suggest that lactic acid elevation in the central nervous system can be found in a number of extramitochondrial neurologic diseases. Such diseases would constitute a third category of lactic acidosis.
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- P B Kang
- Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 19104, USA
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Chow EW, Mikulis DJ, Zipursky RB, Scutt LE, Weksberg R, Bassett AS. Qualitative MRI findings in adults with 22q11 deletion syndrome and schizophrenia. Biol Psychiatry 1999; 46:1436-42. [PMID: 10578458 PMCID: PMC3276598 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3223(99)00150-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND A genetic syndrome associated with schizophrenia, 22q11 deletion syndrome (22qDS), may represent a genetic subtype of schizophrenia (22qDS-Sz). Structural brain changes are common in schizophrenia and may involve developmental anomalies, but there are no data yet for 22qDS-Sz. The objective of this study was to assess brain structure in adults with 22qDS-Sz using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS Brain and arterial MRI scans of 11 adults with 22qDS-Sz (mean age = 28.4 years, SD = 6.5) were systematically assessed by a neuroradiologist for qualitative anomalies. RESULTS A high frequency of abnormalities were found: T2 white matter bright foci (BF), 90%; developmental midline anomalies, 45%; cerebral atrophy or ventricular enlargement, 54%; mild cerebellar atrophy, 36%; skull base abnormalities, 55%; and minor vascular abnormalities, 36%. CONCLUSIONS BF and skull base abnormalities, especially in association with neurodevelopmental midline abnormalities, may be distinguishing MRI features for a genetic subtype of schizophrenia involving a deletion on chromosome 22.
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- E W Chow
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Canada
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Korf BR, Schneider G, Poussaint TY. Structural anomalies revealed by neuroimaging studies in the brains of patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 and large deletions. Genet Med 1999; 1:136-40. [PMID: 11258348 DOI: 10.1097/00125817-199905000-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The basis for cognitive problems in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is unknown. A subset of NF1 patients with deletion of the entire NF1 gene has severe learning problems or mental retardation. We have reviewed neuroimaging studies (CT and MRI) in five such patients to determine whether structural anomalies in the brain are present and might explain the impaired cognitive function. METHODS Five patients with NF1 and deletion of the entire gene were identified by FISH studies. A retrospective review was conducted of CT and MRI images, as well as of data from developmental assessments. RESULTS All five patients had severe developmental impairment. None had been exposed to chemotherapy or radiation therapy. All had multiple regions of bright T2 signal intensity. Structural anomalies were seen in three of the five patients and included callosal dysgenesis in one, septum cavum vergae and pellucidum in two, mega cisterna magna in one, and Chiari I malformation with severe hydrocephalus in one patient. CONCLUSION Individuals with NF1 and large gene deletions have an increased frequency of structural anomalies of the brain not usually seen in NF1 patients. This suggests that the mental retardation in these individuals is due, at least in part, to abnormal brain development rather than a defect in brain function due to haplosufficiency of the NF1 gene product.
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- B R Korf
- Division of Genetics, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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The child with a global developmental delay presents a diagnostic challenge to the practitioner. The spectrum of possible etiologic diagnosis and laboratory investigations that could be pursued are quite extensive. This article presents the rationale for diagnostic testing in this population and provides guidelines to those tests that should be pursued.
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- M I Shevell
- Department of Neurology/Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal Children's Hospital, Quebec, Canada
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Bodensteiner JB, Schaefer GB, Craft JM. Cavum septi pellucidi and cavum vergae in normal and developmentally delayed populations. J Child Neurol 1998; 13:120-1. [PMID: 9535237 DOI: 10.1177/088307389801300305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Recent studies have shown that the persistence of the cavum septi pellucidi beyond the neonatal period is a marker of cerebral dysgenesis. It has been suggested that the finding of a persistent cavum vergae is also a marker of disturbed brain development. In order to investigate this hypothesis we reviewed 161 brain magnetic resonance imaging scans from normal individuals for the presence of cavum septi pellucidi or cavum vergae, or both. In the 34 prospectively obtained normal adults, there were no individuals with either a cavum septi pellucidi or cavum vergae. In the "defined" normal subjects 3 of 127 individuals (2.4%) had a cavum septi pellucidi whereas a cavum vergae was noted in 26 of 127 (20.5%). We next reviewed the neuroimaging studies of 249 children and adults evaluated for mental retardation or developmental delay. A cavum septi pellucidi was found in 38 of 249 (15.3%) and a cavum vergae in 48 of 249 (19.3%) of these patients. A cavum septi pellucidi and cavum vergae were found together in 19 of 249 (7.6%). We interpret these data as showing that the cavum septi pellucidi is rarely seen in normal individuals although the cavum vergae is seen with the same frequency in normal and retarded populations. Thus we conclude that the cavum septi pellucidi serves as a significant marker of cerebral dysfunction manifested by neurodevelopmental abnormalities while the cavum vergae alone does not identify individuals at risk for cognitive delays.
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- J B Bodensteiner
- Department of Neurology, West Virginia University, Morgantown 26506-9180, USA
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Described nearly 70 years ago as the 'punch drunk' syndrome, dementia pugilistica has recently received increasing attention in both the medical and lay press. The association between the finding of cavum septi pellucidi and dementia in old boxers was first described by Ferguson and Mawdsley in 1965. Since then it has commonly been listed as one of the features of this condition. We review the significance and the epidemiology of cavum septi pellucidi and present an alternative explantation for the association between this developmental anomaly of the brain and dementia pugilistica.
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- J B Bodensteiner
- Department of Neurology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, USA.
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