Publication date: Available online 6 December 2018
Source: Academic Radiology
Author(s): Salem Hannoun, Rayane Issa, Nabil K. El Ayoubi, Ribal Haddad, Marwa Baalbaki, Bassem I. Yamout, Samia J. Khoury, Roula Hourani
Rationale and objectives
Previous studies on possible accumulation of gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCA) in the brain suggest that macrocyclic GBCA are less likely to accumulate than linear GBCA. However, conflicting results have been reported, especially in MS. The aim of this study is to investigate retrospectively the correlation between gadoterate-meglumine (macrocyclic GBCA) use and T1 signal intensity changes (SI) in the dentate nucleus and the GP on unenhanced T1-weighted images in a large cohort of MS patients.
Materials and methods
Unenhanced T1-weighted images of 232 MS patients who previously received multiple intravenous administrations of 0.1 mmol/kg of gadoterate-meglumine were reviewed. The change in T1 SI ratios of dentate nucleus/central pons (DN/CP) and globus pallidus/centrum semiovale (GP/CSO) was calculated between the first and last MRIs and correlated with age, number of injections, time interval between MRIs, disease duration, activity, and therapy.
Results
DN/CP ratio showed no significant changes whereas the GP/CSO ratio showed a significant decrease (p < 0.0001) between the first and last MRIs. Multivariable analyses of both ratios, controlling for age, disease duration, and time interval between MRIs, showed no significant correlation between the number of gadolinium injections and the differences in DN/CP (standardized beta = −0.018, p = 0.811) or GP/CSO SI ratios (standardized beta = −0.049, p = 0.499).
Conclusion
Repeated administration of gadoterate-meglumine in MS patients did not result in increased T1 SI in the DN or the GP. The significant decrease of GP/CSO ratio between the first and last MRIs is not due to gadolinium accumulation but rather to varying MR parameters.
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