脑室旁白质损伤是早产儿特征性脑损伤,也是早产儿最重要的脑病类型之一。其病理变化主要包括脑白质的凝固性坏死、少突胶质细胞损伤、髓鞘损害、轴突损伤以及坏死部位出现反应性胶质化和小胶质细胞浸润等,这些病变与新生儿期后的神经系统后遗症密切相关。早产儿脑室旁白质软化的发病机制主要是与脑血管发育未成熟和少突胶质细胞前体细胞损伤易感性有关。本文通过文献复习对早产儿脑室旁白质损伤发病机制的研究进展进行概述,为临床预防和诊治提供理论依据。
Periventricular white matter damage is one of the characteristics of brain damage in preterm infants, and it is the most important type of encephalopathy. The pathological changes including the white matter of coagulation necrosis, oligodendrocyte damage, myelin damage, axonal injury and reactive gliosis and microglia infiltration in necrotic areas. All of these lesions are closely related to the nervous system sequelae in later-neonatal period. The pathogenesis of periventricular leukomalacia in premature infants are mainly cause by its immature brain vascular, and precursor oligodendrocytes of the attack of hypoxia, ischemia, infection, oxygen free radicals, inflammatory cytokines, increasing glutamate, and other high-risk factors. In this paper, an overview of progress in the study of the pathogenesis of periventricular white matter damage in premature infants through literature review to provide a theoretical support for clinical prevention, diagnosis and treatment.