梁世偉,黃海波,黃桂雄,管俊,楊建鈞,劉旭陽
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移植腎急性排斥擴(kuò)散加權(quán)成像早期診斷價(jià)值
梁世偉1,黃海波2*,黃桂雄2,管俊2,楊建鈞3,劉旭陽4
[摘要]目的 探討移植腎急性排斥擴(kuò)散加權(quán)成像早期診斷價(jià)值。材料與方法 應(yīng)用3.0 T MR擴(kuò)散加權(quán)成像序列(b=0、100、800 s/mm2),分別掃描原位正常腎51例(A組)、移植正常腎22例(B組)、急性排斥反應(yīng)移植腎15例(C組)志愿者,數(shù)據(jù)導(dǎo)入自帶工作站處理獲得3組腎皮質(zhì)、髓質(zhì)、肌肉的表觀擴(kuò)散系數(shù)(apparent diffusion coefficient, ADC0-800)。比較原位腎組皮髓質(zhì)ADC0-800值雙側(cè)差異,兩組正常腎皮質(zhì)與髓質(zhì)差異,3組年齡、性別間以及肌肉、腎皮質(zhì)、髓質(zhì)ADC0-800值差異,以活檢病理為“金標(biāo)準(zhǔn)”,評價(jià)腎皮質(zhì)ADC0-800值診斷移植腎急性排斥效能。結(jié)果 3組間年齡、性別、肌肉ADC0-800值無統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)差異(P>0.05);原位腎皮髓質(zhì)ADC0-800值雙側(cè)差異無統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義(P>0.05);正常腎皮質(zhì)ADC0-800值高于髓質(zhì),差異有統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義(P<0.05);3組間腎皮質(zhì)ADC0-800值差異有統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義(P<0.05),兩兩比較C組與A、B組間均有統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)差異(P<0.05),A組與B組間差異無統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義(P>0.05);髓質(zhì)ADC值3組間無統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)差異(P>0.05)。以病理為標(biāo)準(zhǔn),取1.76×10–3mm2/s為閾值,皮質(zhì)ADC0-800值診斷急性排斥移植腎受試者工作特征曲線下面積為0.942,敏感度與特異性分別為86.7%和90.4%。結(jié)論 磁共振擴(kuò)散加權(quán)成像對移植腎急性排斥早期診斷具有較高價(jià)值。
[關(guān)鍵詞]腎移植;移植物排斥;彌散磁共振成像;擴(kuò)散加權(quán)成像
作者單位:1. 武警廣西總隊(duì)醫(yī)院放射科,南寧530003 2. 解放軍第303醫(yī)院醫(yī)學(xué)影像科,南寧 530021 3. 解放軍第303醫(yī)院病理科,南寧530021 4. 解放軍第303醫(yī)院移植科,南寧530021
接受日期:2015-12-23
梁世偉, 黃海波, 黃桂雄, 等. 移植腎急性排斥擴(kuò)散加權(quán)成像早期診斷價(jià)值.磁共振成像, 2016, 7(2): 90–95.
*Correspondence to: Huang HB, E-mail: jackie000528@163.com
Received 1 Nov 2015, Accepted 23 Dec 2015
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This work was part of Guangxi scientific research and technology development project (No. GUIKEGONG1298003-8-6).
移植腎急性排斥是指供腎攜帶的異體抗原引起的受體內(nèi)發(fā)生的免疫反應(yīng),細(xì)胞免疫類型在臨床上最常見,通常術(shù)后4天至2周發(fā)生,病理組織學(xué)以大量單核和淋巴細(xì)胞浸潤為特征,可通過激素沖擊逆轉(zhuǎn)大多數(shù)病例。急性排斥不僅是術(shù)后腎損害最常見和最重要的并發(fā)癥,也是慢性排斥和功能喪失、縮短移植腎生存期的重要原因[1],因此急性排斥早期診斷具有重要意義?;顧z病理學(xué)作為急性排斥診斷金標(biāo)準(zhǔn)是一項(xiàng)有創(chuàng)性檢查,且存在穿刺出血、破裂、感染、不易耐受等不足[2-3]。而臨床血肌酐水平評估腎急性排斥亦無法達(dá)到早期、準(zhǔn)確的診斷目的,因?yàn)樵擁?xiàng)指標(biāo)只有明顯組織損傷才升高[4]。因此找尋一種高敏感度和特異性的無創(chuàng)技術(shù)實(shí)現(xiàn)急性排斥早期診斷,一直為移植腎及相關(guān)醫(yī)學(xué)研究所關(guān)注。筆者擬通過擴(kuò)散加權(quán)成像掃描原位腎、移植正常腎和急性排斥移植腎3組志愿者,探索表觀擴(kuò)散系數(shù)(apparent diffusion coefficient, ADC)在移植腎急性排斥早期診斷的價(jià)值。
1.1志愿者資料
選取2012年4月至2014年10月于解放軍第303醫(yī)院醫(yī)學(xué)影像科申請腎掃描原位正常腎51例(A組),男35例、女16例,年齡18~55歲,平均(34.9±10.9)歲;移植正常腎22例(B組),男16例、女6例,年齡16~57歲,平均(35.9±11.4)歲;急性排斥移植腎15例(C組),男10例、女5例,年齡25~53歲,平均(35.5±5.6)歲為志愿者入組研究。入組標(biāo)準(zhǔn):原位正常腎無臨床癥狀,血肌酐、尿素氮及超聲無陽性指征;移植正常腎滿足術(shù)后3個(gè)月至5年,余標(biāo)準(zhǔn)同原位腎;急性排斥移植腎為術(shù)后1周~4周,臨床低熱、全身不適及尿量進(jìn)行性減少,血肌酐>186.0 μmol/L、尿素氮>7.14 mmol/L并MR掃描后至治療前經(jīng)穿刺活檢證實(shí)。研究實(shí)驗(yàn)獲我院倫理委員會(huì)批準(zhǔn),志愿者知情并簽署同意書。
1.2設(shè)備與方法
Philips Achieva 3.0 T TX MR掃描儀,使用SENSE XL TORSO 16 coils配合呼吸門控,掃描前嚴(yán)格勻場和參考掃描,掃描序列包括橫斷位T1WI、T2WI、擴(kuò)散加權(quán)成像(diffusion weighted imaging, DWI)與冠狀T2WI,掃描20層,5 mm/層,間隔0.5 mm,DWI序列擴(kuò)散敏感梯度場在3個(gè)正交方向施加,b=0、100、800 s/mm2,EPI_factor=45,所有序列均為呼吸門控或呼吸觸發(fā)采集,余參數(shù)設(shè)置見表1,完成掃描保存原始數(shù)據(jù)。
表1 腎臟掃描序列參數(shù)設(shè)置Tab. 1 Protocol parameters for renal coronal & transverse scanning
1.3數(shù)據(jù)處理
腎掃描數(shù)據(jù)由受過良好培訓(xùn)醫(yī)師使用工作站EWSv2.6.3軟件處理、校正獲得橫斷位ADC0-800圖,以ADC0-800圖為基礎(chǔ)定位腎皮質(zhì)、腎髓質(zhì)、同層肌肉,放置1~5個(gè)感興趣區(qū)(region of interest,ROI)(15~30 mm2)且避開偽影,軟件自動(dòng)計(jì)算相應(yīng)ADC值,取3次測量平均值為最終結(jié)果且將原位右腎測量值用于3組比較。
1.4統(tǒng)計(jì)分析
3組間性別與年齡無統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義(χ2性別=0.123,F(xiàn)年齡=0.342,P性別/年齡=0.426/0.734),組間具有可比性。
原位腎(右)、移植正常腎、急性排斥移植腎皮髓質(zhì)及肌肉ADC0-800值(×10–3mm2/s)見表2。原位左腎皮髓質(zhì)ADC0-800值分別為(1.97±0.22)及(1.67± 0.15),雙側(cè)皮質(zhì)-皮質(zhì)、髓質(zhì)-髓質(zhì)差值與0比較無統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)差異(t皮質(zhì)/髓質(zhì)=1.067/1.025,P皮質(zhì)/髓質(zhì)=0.812/0.833),見圖1。原位腎、移植正常腎皮質(zhì)ADC0-800值高于髓質(zhì)(圖1、2),其差值分別為(0.234±0.129)和(0.263±0.153),與總體0比較有統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)差異(t原位腎/移植腎=12.929/8.026,P均=0.000)。3組間腎皮質(zhì)ADC值差異有統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義(P<0.05),3組腎髓質(zhì)間、肌肉間ADC0-800值均無統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義(P>0.05),進(jìn)一步兩兩比較發(fā)現(xiàn)腎皮質(zhì)C組與A組、C組與B組間有統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)差異(P<0.05),而A組與B組間無統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)差異(P>0.05),見圖1~3。以病理為標(biāo)準(zhǔn),取1.76×10–3mm2/s為閾值,皮質(zhì)ADC0-800診斷移植腎急性排斥ROC曲線下面積為0.942,敏感度、特異性分別為86.7%和90.4%(圖4)。
志愿者腎臟高b值(0、800 s/mm2)ADC圖均滿足定量要求,正常組腎臟無腫脹滲出,T1WI腎皮髓質(zhì)分辨清晰,DWI及高b值A(chǔ)DC圖髓質(zhì)信號低于皮質(zhì);急性排斥腎實(shí)質(zhì)腫脹滲出,T1WI圖皮髓質(zhì)分辨不清,皮質(zhì)擴(kuò)散受限導(dǎo)致ADC圖皮髓質(zhì)信號趨于一致(圖3A)。與低b值比較,高b值A(chǔ)DC圖更穩(wěn)定、信噪比適中、腎邊界清楚,但皮髓質(zhì)對比稍下降。
表2 3組腎皮髓質(zhì)ADC值(單位:×10–3 mm2/s)Tab. 2 Kidney cortical & medullary ADC values(×10–3mm2/s) in the three groups
腎臟具有解剖與生理功能特殊性,其血流量占心輸量約25%,皮質(zhì)灌注約為髓質(zhì)10倍[5]。皮質(zhì)由腎小體以及彎曲走行的近曲小管和遠(yuǎn)曲小管組成表現(xiàn)為擴(kuò)散各向同性,髓質(zhì)則因腎小管及直小血管等結(jié)構(gòu)而具有沿放射狀條紋方向擴(kuò)散自由、垂直方向明顯擴(kuò)散受限的各向異性[6]。同時(shí)腎小球每日可濾過180 L血漿,腎小管對濾過原尿重吸收和再分泌,通過逆流倍增等機(jī)制稀釋濃縮形成尿液,以維持體內(nèi)電解質(zhì)和酸堿平衡使腎臟成為含水豐富的器官[7]。腎臟這種高血流灌注、高水分子代謝的生理特點(diǎn)以及特殊的解剖結(jié)構(gòu)成為DWI和擴(kuò)散張量成像(diffusion tensor imaging, DTI)應(yīng)用的理想器官。DWI[8]是目前活體測量組織水分子布朗運(yùn)動(dòng)的惟一技術(shù),通過兩個(gè)以上b值掃描,采用單或雙指數(shù)模型計(jì)算ADC可反映組織微循環(huán)灌注和水分子活動(dòng)狀態(tài)。單指數(shù)模型具有計(jì)算簡便、易用且只需要2個(gè)b值掃描,為目前應(yīng)用最廣泛模型,但不能區(qū)分組織水分子真實(shí)擴(kuò)散及微循環(huán)灌注。而雙指數(shù)模型基于Le Bihan等[9]提出的體素內(nèi)無規(guī)律運(yùn)動(dòng)(intravoxel incoherent motion,IVIM)計(jì)算,能夠?qū)⒔M織內(nèi)真實(shí)水分子擴(kuò)散與微循環(huán)灌注假性擴(kuò)散分離,精確地描述組織微觀結(jié)構(gòu)及功能改變,在無外源性對比劑情況下反映組織微灌注信息,缺點(diǎn)是掃描時(shí)間長且計(jì)算繁雜。王雪元等[10]證實(shí)雙指數(shù)函數(shù)比單指數(shù)模型更適合于描述腎實(shí)質(zhì)DWI信號強(qiáng)度隨b值的變化規(guī)律。DTI則賦于觀察者三維重組影像—擴(kuò)散張量示蹤圖,用于顯示髓質(zhì)放射狀纖維束樣結(jié)構(gòu)走行、方向及排列疏密情況[11]。
圖1 男,22歲健康志愿者,原位腎。皮質(zhì)(A)、髓質(zhì)(B) ADC0-800值(×10–6mm2/s) 左右側(cè)分別為1990.7、1917.4,1637.5、1634.3,同層肌肉為1547.8 圖2 男,45歲患者,術(shù)后145天髂窩移植腎。皮髓質(zhì)分辨尚清、ADC0-800值分別為2008.5和1667.7,肌肉為1543.1 圖3 女,26歲患者,髂窩移植腎10天。腎腫脹滲出,皮質(zhì)擴(kuò)散受限導(dǎo)致皮髓質(zhì)對比不清,皮髓質(zhì)ADC0-800分別為1713.2、1651.2,肌肉為1591.5(A),穿刺活檢提示T細(xì)胞免疫急性排斥(B) 圖4 ROC曲線。以腎皮質(zhì)ADC0-800<1.76×10–3mm2/s預(yù)測移植腎急性排斥,敏感度和特異度分別為86.7%和90.4%,準(zhǔn)確度為94.2%Fig. 1 Male, 22 years old healthy volunteer, a kidney in situ. The values of ADC0-800calculated were respectively 1990.7, 1917.4(A), 1637.5, 1634.3(B) on cortex, medulla of the left and right, and muscle ADC was 1547.8 at the same slice. Fig. 2 Male, 45 years old patient, a normal renal in iliac fossa after 145 d from operation. ADC0-800were 2008.5, 1667.7 respectively on cortex, medulla, Corticomedullary differentiation(CMD) was clear yet and muscle ADC was 1543.1. Fig. 3 Femal, 26 years old patient, a 10-day transplanted kidney with acute rejection. It showed swelling and exudation, CMD was dim resulting from the cortex disorder, ADC0-800were 1713.2, 1651.2 respectively on cortex, medulla, muscle ADC was 1591.5(A), Pathology showed the acute rejection with T cellular immunity(B). Fig. 4 The ROC curve. To predict acute rejection with ADC0-800<1.76×10–3mm2/s, the AUC was 94.2%, the sensibility was 86.7%, the specificity was 90.4%.
課題組應(yīng)用3個(gè)正交方向施加擴(kuò)散敏感梯度場的DWI(b=0、100、800 s/mm2)掃描,因低b值A(chǔ)DC圖像欠穩(wěn)定、腎輪廓不清故以研究高b值A(chǔ)DC圖作為對象研究。結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn),原位腎雙側(cè)比較無統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)差異(圖1 A、B),這是右腎代表原位腎與其余兩組比較的基礎(chǔ)。腎皮質(zhì)ADC值(單位:× 10–3mm2/s)急性排斥組(1.68±0.14)明顯小于原位腎(1.92±0.13)及移植正常腎組(1.93±0.15),但正常組腎皮質(zhì)間、3組髓質(zhì)間均無統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)差異(P>0.05)。筆者分析原因可能為急性排斥發(fā)生時(shí)炎性效應(yīng)、氧化應(yīng)激、細(xì)胞因子釋放使腎皮質(zhì)灌注降低、缺血腫脹,導(dǎo)致皮質(zhì)含水減少及細(xì)胞外間隙縮小,最終造成水分子擴(kuò)散受限、ADC值下降;而髓質(zhì)小管結(jié)構(gòu)排布相對疏松、炎癥滲出及血液向髓質(zhì)分流引起含水量增加、部分抵消灌注降低作用使ADC值變化不明顯。實(shí)驗(yàn)結(jié)果與國內(nèi)外移植腎急性排斥研究[11-14]報(bào)告基本一致,Heusch[11]和Sadowski[14]研究發(fā)現(xiàn),急性排斥腎皮質(zhì)和髓質(zhì)血流灌注均降低且血流重新分布,皮質(zhì)ADC值明顯減低但髓質(zhì)ADC值無明顯變化。同時(shí)以DWI[15]、IVIM-DWI[16]和DTI[17]研究亦證實(shí)移植腎實(shí)質(zhì)ADC值與灌注、腎功能具有顯著相關(guān)性。課題中A組與B組間腎皮質(zhì)、髓質(zhì)無明顯差異和Blondin等[18]報(bào)道一致,但與Thoeny等[19]研究認(rèn)為移植腎ADC值低于正常人不完全相同,可能與本組移植正常腎均為術(shù)后3個(gè)月以上病例,其功能狀態(tài)已經(jīng)或基本恢復(fù)有關(guān)。實(shí)驗(yàn)還同時(shí)顯示,A組和B組腎皮質(zhì)ADC值均高于腎髓質(zhì)(P<0.05),這與秦衛(wèi)和[20]報(bào)道一致,分析可能與皮質(zhì)灌注和含水量高、擴(kuò)散各向同性而髓質(zhì)小管狀結(jié)構(gòu)各向異性擴(kuò)散、含水量較低等有關(guān)。以1.76×10–3mm2/s為閾值,皮質(zhì)ADC診斷急性排斥準(zhǔn)確率分別為0.942,敏感度與特異性分別為86.7%、90.4%,提示腎皮質(zhì)ADC值對急性排斥早期診斷具有較高價(jià)值,這也與國外研究[21]結(jié)論類似。
針對同層較穩(wěn)定的肌肉進(jìn)行分析,筆者發(fā)現(xiàn)表觀擴(kuò)散系數(shù)3組間無統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)差異(P>0.05),這可大致認(rèn)為磁體穩(wěn)定性良好,進(jìn)而證明不同組別和時(shí)間3組腎掃描數(shù)據(jù)有較高可信度,這是研究課題的一個(gè)創(chuàng)新點(diǎn)。
本研究尚存不足:(1)掃描僅采用一種機(jī)型完成,結(jié)論可能不完全適用其它型號或不同廠商、場強(qiáng)設(shè)備;(2)僅納入術(shù)后1周至4周急性排斥移植腎且病例數(shù)量相對較少,結(jié)果可能有所偏倚及無法準(zhǔn)確反映更大時(shí)間跨度的急性排斥腎臟;(3)術(shù)后1周至4周且穿刺病理組織學(xué)證實(shí)的非急性排斥移植腎與急性排斥腎的診斷實(shí)驗(yàn)評價(jià)尚未全部完成,這部分研究工作目前正在進(jìn)行;(4)未能結(jié)合缺血、腎小管急性壞死、糖尿病腎損害等彌漫性腎病探討,不同原因腎病診斷與鑒別價(jià)值尚有待進(jìn)一步實(shí)驗(yàn)。
綜上所述,DWI掃描可基本實(shí)現(xiàn)移植腎急性排斥早期診斷,異常變化主要位于腎皮質(zhì)。筆者推薦臨床3.0 T MRI應(yīng)用中,DWI(b=800 s/mm2)掃描腎皮質(zhì)ADC<1.76×10–3mm2/s可作為閾值用于移植腎急性排斥早期診斷。
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Value of DWI to transplanted renals with early acute rejection: a preliminary study
LIANG Shi-wei1, HUANG Hai-bo2*, HUANG Gui-xiong2, GUAN Jun2, YANG Jianjun3, LIU Xu-yang41Department of Radiology, Guangxi CAPF Hospital, Nanning 530003, China2Department of Medical Imaging, 303rdHospital of PLA, Nanning 530021, China3Department of Pathology, 303rdHospital of PLA, Nanning 530021, China4Department of Pathology, 303rdHospital of PLA, Nanning 530021, China
Key wordsKidney transplantation; Graft rejection; Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; Diffusion weighted imaging
AbstractObjective: To explore the value of DWI on transplanted renals with early acute rejection. Materials and Methods: Study protocol was approved by local ethics committee; informed consent was obtained. A total of 88 velunteers were enrolled and divided into three groups, as follows: Group A, 51 cases with healthy kidneys in situ;group B, 22 transplantation with stable renal function for at least 3 months after operating; and group C, 15 iliac allograft renals with early acute rejection from 1 week to 4 weeks after operating. T2W, T1W axial/coronal, and a transverse fat-saturated echo-planar DWI with 3 b-values(0, 100, 800 s/mm2) were performed on a 3.0 T scanner during normal breathing. EWS2.6.3 workstation was used to calculate the apparent diffusion coefficient(ADC) value of renal cortex, medulla, muscle respectively based on ADC0-800maps. Receiver operating characteristic(ROC) curve was used to predict the kidneys with early acute rejection. Results: No statistic significances were found for gender, age, ADC0-800of muscle among three groups(P>0.05), nor did ADC0-800values reveal a significant difference for left and right kidneys in situ(P>0.05). It showed renal cortex mean(+/-SD) ADC0-800values of (1.92±0.13), (1.93±0.15), (1.68±0.14)×10–3mm2/s for group A, B and C, respectively. Group C was significantly higher than both group A and B(P<0.05); however no statistic significance was found between group A and B(P>0.05); Nor did medullary ADC0-800values reveal a significant difference for 3 groups. While the differencebetween cortex and medulla was statistically significant for both groups A and B(P<0.05). With an ADC0-800<1.76×10–3mm2/s as diagnose critical points compared to biopsy, the sensibility was 86.7%, the specificity was 90.4%, and the accuracy was 0.942 in the prediction of the kidneys with early acute rejection. Conclusion: DWI is of important value in transplanted renals with early-stage acute rejection, it can provide reliable imaging evidence for treatment.
基金項(xiàng)目:廣西科學(xué)研究與技術(shù)開發(fā)計(jì)劃項(xiàng)目(編號:桂科攻1298003-8-6)
通訊作者:黃海波,E-mail: jackie000528@163. com
收稿日期:2015-11-01
中圖分類號:R445.2;R617
文獻(xiàn)標(biāo)識(shí)碼:A
DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2016.02.002