目的:探讨肾脏血氧水平依赖(BOLD)MRI诊断慢性乙型肝炎患者早期肾损害的可行性。方法前瞻性收集经临床化验诊断的慢性乙型肝炎早期肾损害患者17例和10名健康志愿者。17例患者行动态核素肾图检查,分为肾功能损伤1级(7例)和肾功能损伤2级(10例)。所有受试者均行腹部BOLD检查,测量计算皮质T2*弛豫率(R2^*)、髓质R2^*和肾髓质与皮质R2^*比值(R2^*髓/皮)。采用单因素方差分析比较对照组、慢性肝炎组(肾功能损伤1、2级)的皮、髓质R2^*值及R2^*髓/皮的差异,采用ROC曲线评价皮、髓质R2^*值及R2^*髓/皮诊断慢性肝炎患者肾脏损害的效能。结果对照组、肾功能损伤1级组、肾功能损伤2级组患者的皮质R2^*值分别为(16.87±0.74)、(17.88±0.73)、(20.29±2.87)/s,髓质R2^*值分别为(28.07±1.03)、(31.14±2.49)、(32.81±3.28)/s,R2^*髓/皮分别为1.67±0.09、1.75±0.16和1.63±0.13,3组间差异均有统计学意义(F值分别为17.779、19.170和3.439,P均〈0.05),且慢性乙肝患者的皮、髓质R2^*值均高于对照组,肾功能损伤2级患者的皮质R2^*值高于1级患者(P均〈0.05)。肾皮质R2^*值、髓质R2^*值及R2^*髓/皮诊断慢性肝炎患者早期肾损伤的ROC下面积分别为0.903、0.949和0.526。结论肾脏BOLD MRI诊断慢性乙型肝炎患者早期肾损害具有可行性和较大价值,肾皮质R2^*对早期肾损害较髓质R2^*敏感。
Objective To explore the feasibility of blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) MRI to detect the chronic hepatitis b-induced early kidney injury. Methods Seventeen clinically diagnosed chronic hepatitis b patients with early kidney injury and 10 healthy volunteers were enrolled in this preliminary study. The 17 patients underwent dynamic nuclear renography and then subdivided into stage 1 kidney injury group (n=7) and stage 2 kidney injury group (n=10). All of the enrolled subjects underwent BOLD examination and T2* relaxation rates (R2^*) of renal cortex and medulla of split kidney, and the ratio between them (R2^*med/cor) were measured separately. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were performed on the control group and chronic hepatitis b patients group (kidney injury stage 1 and stage 2 group) to compare the difference of renal cortical and medullary R2^*values and R2^*med/cor ratio. ROC curves were used to evaluate the efficacy of renal cortical and medullary R2^* values and R2^*med/cor ratio to diagnose the chronic hepatitis b-induced kidney injury. Results The cortical R2^*values of control group, stage 1 kidney injury group and stage 2 kidney injury group were(16.87 ± 0.74)/s,(17.88 ± 0.73)/s,(20.29 ± 2.87)/s, respectively;the medullar R2^*values of control group, stage 1 kidney injury group and stage 2 kidney injury group were (28.07±1.03)/s,(31.14±2.49)/s,(32.81±3.28)/s, respectively;R2^*med/cor of the of control group, stage 1 kidney injury group and stage 2 kidney injury group were 1.67 ± 0.09, 1.75 ± 0.16, 1.63 ± 0.13, respectively, and the differences among the three groups were statistically significant (F values were 17.779, 19.170 and 3.439 , all P〈0.05). Furthermore, the renal cortical and medullary R2^* values of chronic hepatitis b patients were significantly higher than the control group, and the the renal cortical R2^* value of the patients in stage 2 kidney injury group was also higher than