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Application of High-Resolution Diffusion Tensor Tracing in the Anterior Visual Pathway Morphology of Patients with Sellar Tumors |
Lianjie Li1 , Lan Cheng2 , Jiaxin Wang1 , Qun Nie1 , Qingshuang Zhao1 , Shangming Zhang1 , Liang Xue1 , Junjie Jin1 , Liangfeng Wei1 , Jinxi Gao1 , Bangqing Yuan1 , Shousen Wang1 |
1 Department of Neurosurgery, Fuzong Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350025, China 2 Department of Cardiology, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fuzhou 350001,China |
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Abstract Objective: To investigate the imaging characteristics of the high-resolution diffusion tensor tracting (DTT) on the anterior visual pathway of sellar region tumors and its relationship with visual function and prognosis. Methods: This was a cases series study. From November 2015 to June 2017, 21 cases of sellar region tumors were surgically resected in the Fuzong Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University. High resolution diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) scans were performed one week before surgery and three months after surgery, and white matter fibers were reconstructed by DTT to observe the course and integrity of the fibers. A visual impairment score (VIS) was used to evaluate visual function. The data were analyzed by a Mann Whitney U test and Fisher exact probability test. Results: DTT could clearly show the interruption or integrity and sparseness or fullness of the white matter fiber bundle of the anterior visual pathway in 21 patients with sellar region tumor. It could also show the spatial position relationship between the white matter fiber bundle of the anterior visual pathway and sellar region tumor (8 cases of the interruption type, 13 cases of the continuity type). There was no significant difference in the vision score of patients with different shapes of white matter fiber bundle before surgery (Z=-0.679, P=0.497). Both the continuous type and interrupted type were related to the prognosis of visual function. The patients with an intact shape of the anterior visual tract had a better visual function status before surgery and better pre- and post-surgery at 4 months after the operation (P=0.014). Conclusions: High resolution DTT can visually display the shape of the anterior optic tract, and has a reference value for predicting the prognosis of visual function in patients with sellar region tumors.
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Received: 17 September 2019
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Fund:Startup Fund for Scientific Research, Fujian Medical University (2018QH1235); Science and Technology Fundation of Fujian Province (2018Y0067) |
Corresponding Authors:
Shousen Wang, Department of Neurosurgery, Fuzong Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350025, China (Email: wshsen@126.com)
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