[摘要]目的總結(jié)Birt-Hogg-Dubé(BHD)綜合征肺部病變CT表現(xiàn)。方法回顧性分析8例經(jīng)證實(shí)的BHD綜合征肺部病變的CT征象并復(fù)習(xí)相關(guān)文獻(xiàn)。結(jié)果8例肺部病變的CT征象均呈雙肺多發(fā)、大小不等的囊性病灶,病灶可融合、擴(kuò)張形成巨大不規(guī)則狀低密度區(qū),肺組織明顯受壓,6例擴(kuò)大的囊性低密度區(qū)內(nèi)見纖細(xì)的條狀分隔影。6例病灶主要分布于雙肺下葉基底部,1例分布于胸膜下區(qū),1例分布于左肺上葉。8例病變邊緣規(guī)整并見囊壁,周圍肺組織均呈炎性改變,5例合并胸膜增厚,2例合并胸腔積液。結(jié)論雙肺下葉基底部多發(fā)不規(guī)則的低密度區(qū)并見囊壁及內(nèi)部分隔是BHD綜合征肺部病變的特征性影像表現(xiàn)。
[關(guān)鍵詞]Birt-Hogg-Dubé綜合征;肺;體層攝影術(shù),X線計(jì)算機(jī)
[中圖分類號(hào)]R445.3;R563[文獻(xiàn)標(biāo)志碼]A[文章編號(hào)] 2096-5532(2018)06-0664-05
CT FINDINGS OF PULMONARY LESIONS IN BIRT-HOGG-DUB SYNDROME: AN ANALYSIS OF 8 CASES AND LITERATURE REVIEW ""LI Shaoke, REN Dunqiang, TANG Xiaoyan, XIAO Baohong, WANG Shaohua, ZHANG Ping (Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266100, China)
[ABSTRACT]ObjectiveTo analyze the CT findings of pulmonary lesions in Birt-Hogg-Dubé (BHD) syndrome. MethodsThe CT findings of 8 confirmed cases of pulmonary lesions associated with BHD syndrome were retrospectively analyzed, and the relevant literature was reviewed. ResultsAll the 8 cases showed multiple cystic lesions of different sizes on both lungs, which could be fused and enlarged to form large irregular low-density areas, with the lung tissue compressed obviously; 6 cases showed fine stripes in the enlarged cystic low-density areas. The lesions were mainly located in the basal segments of left and right lower lobes in 6 cases, in the subpleural area in 1 case, and in the left upper lobe in 1 case. In all the 8 cases, the lesion margin was well-defined with a cyst wall, and there were inflammatory changes in the surrounding lung tissues; pleural thickening was seen in 5 cases, and pleural effusion was seen in 2 cases. ConclusionMultiple irregular low-density areas in the basal segments of left and right lower lobes as well as a cystic wall and internal septations are characteristic imaging features of pulmonary lesions in BHD syndrome.
[KEY WORDS]Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome; lung; tomography, X-ray computed
Birt-Hogg-Dubé(BHD)綜合征是一種罕見的常染色體顯性遺傳性疾病,該病可累及皮膚、肺及腎臟[1]。BHD綜合征臨床表現(xiàn)多樣,可單一部位發(fā)病,也可同時(shí)累及以上3種臟器[2]。由于本病較為罕見,
國(guó)內(nèi)外研究?jī)H以個(gè)案報(bào)道為主[3-8],缺少對(duì)該綜合征影像學(xué)表現(xiàn)的總結(jié),對(duì)其影像學(xué)特征認(rèn)識(shí)不足。BHD綜合征肺部病變發(fā)生率約為84%[4],故分析其肺部病變的影像學(xué)征象具有重要臨床價(jià)值。本文回顧性分析8例經(jīng)臨床證實(shí)為BHD綜合征病人的肺部病變CT征象,并對(duì)國(guó)內(nèi)外相關(guān)文獻(xiàn)進(jìn)行復(fù)習(xí)總結(jié),旨在提高對(duì)本病的認(rèn)識(shí)。
1資料與方法
1.1一般資料
收集2009年6月—2018年6月經(jīng)本院基因檢測(cè)證實(shí)為BHD綜合征的8例病人,男5例,女3例,年齡25~73歲,平均年齡52歲。其中5例病人為同一家系,男性4例,女性1例(圖1);余3例非同一家系者均自述家族中曾患有自發(fā)性氣胸入院治療(男1例,患病家屬為其母親;女2例,1例患病家屬為其父親,1例患病家屬為其母親),其中2例女性家屬手術(shù)記錄為多發(fā)性肺大皰。8例病人臨床表現(xiàn)均有咳嗽及胸悶氣短,其中6例合并胸痛,1例合并呼吸困難和口唇發(fā)紺,5例有咯血史。8例病人均接受胸部CT平掃。
1.2CT檢查方法
采用GE BrightSpeed 16層MSCT掃描儀行全肺螺旋容積掃描。受檢者取仰臥位,頭先進(jìn),掃描范圍自肺尖至肺底。掃描參數(shù):電壓120 kV,電流240 mA,采集螺距1.275 mm,F(xiàn)OV 36 cm×36 cm,矩陣512×512,準(zhǔn)直0.625 mm。采用標(biāo)準(zhǔn)算法重建,重建厚度和間隔為1 "mm,全肺掃描時(shí)間為4~6 s。
1.3圖像評(píng)價(jià)
采用肺窗(窗寬1 000~1 500 Hu,窗位-600~800 Hu)及縱隔窗(窗寬350~400 Hu,窗位50 Hu)于PACS終端連續(xù)觀察評(píng)估BHD綜合征病人肺部CT征象。觀察內(nèi)容包括:雙肺是否存在異常密度區(qū),異常密度區(qū)CT值、形態(tài)及大小、單發(fā)或多發(fā)、主要分布范圍、邊緣情況以及周邊肺組織有無(wú)異常等。
2結(jié)果
本文8例病人均于肺窗觀察到雙肺多發(fā)、大小不等的含氣囊腔,形態(tài)表現(xiàn)為小類圓形、分葉狀和不規(guī)則狀等,以直徑lt;10 mm的類圓形含氣囊腔較為多見,部分含氣囊腔可見融合,形成巨大囊泡樣含氣低密度區(qū)(最大者直徑達(dá)41 mm),內(nèi)無(wú)肺紋理,周邊肺組織明顯受壓,6例病人囊泡樣透亮區(qū)中間可見纖細(xì)的條狀分隔影。肺窗測(cè)量病變區(qū)的CT值為-903~-782 Hu,平均-838 Hu。8例病變邊緣均較為規(guī)整、光滑,可見邊緣較為清晰的壁組織樣結(jié)構(gòu),其中6例壁較厚,2例壁較薄。8例均可見病變周圍肺組織多發(fā)小斑片樣、索條樣密度增高影,5例合并胸膜增厚,2例合并胸腔內(nèi)水樣低密度影。見表1、圖2。
3討論
3.1BHD綜合征的臨床表現(xiàn)與病理基礎(chǔ)
BHD綜合征又被稱為Hornstein-Knickenberg綜合征,于1977年由BIRT、HOGG和DUBé發(fā)現(xiàn)并描述。該綜合征為一種遺傳性疾病,由卵泡蛋白編碼基因(FLCN)突變所引起,F(xiàn)LCN為一種抑癌基因[9-12]。
BHD綜合征病人的臨床表現(xiàn)主要包括皮膚多發(fā)性纖維毛囊瘤、腎癌以及肺囊腫和自發(fā)性氣胸等[13-16]。本組8例病人均表現(xiàn)為肺部病變,均有咳嗽及胸悶氣短的癥狀,其中6例同時(shí)合并胸痛,1例合并呼吸困難和口唇發(fā)紺。結(jié)合CT檢查所見,考慮臨床癥狀為病變區(qū)巨大的肺囊腫壓迫肺組織以及囊腫破裂而形成的氣胸所致,與文獻(xiàn)所述相符。
BHD綜合征肺部病變的主要病理基礎(chǔ)是肺泡囊性擴(kuò)張所形成的肺囊腫,囊腫可發(fā)生破裂,也可無(wú)破裂[17],在未破裂的肺囊腫中,囊壁可擴(kuò)張至臟胸膜、肺實(shí)質(zhì)、小葉間隔或支氣管血管束。一個(gè)囊腫的壁也可被另一個(gè)囊腫的壁部分包裹,從而CT表現(xiàn)出“囊泡樣”或“囊腫內(nèi)多發(fā)肺泡樣”的獨(dú)特結(jié)構(gòu)。根據(jù)這些組織病理學(xué)特點(diǎn)可以推測(cè)出BHD綜合征肺囊腫與常見的肺大皰有所不同,且BHD綜合征的肺囊性結(jié)構(gòu)還會(huì)發(fā)生不同程度的慢性炎性細(xì)胞浸潤(rùn),反復(fù)的炎癥刺激,從而引起囊腫結(jié)構(gòu)的改變,囊腫破裂還會(huì)導(dǎo)致氣胸[18-21]。
3.2BHD綜合征肺部病變的CT征象
與BHD綜合征肺部病變的病理基礎(chǔ)相一致,本組8例病人CT檢查均表現(xiàn)為雙側(cè)肺野多發(fā)囊性病變,部分囊性灶可融合,形成內(nèi)部有分隔的巨大囊腔。囊腔大多邊緣完整,但于部分病例可見局部囊壁斷裂不連續(xù),相應(yīng)肺野外帶無(wú)肺紋理區(qū),提示合并氣胸。巨大囊狀低密度區(qū)內(nèi)還可含有分隔,形成多個(gè)囊狀的低密度區(qū)或多個(gè)融合的囊泡狀低密度影。在本組病例中,囊性病灶周邊均可以見到斑片影、條索影等肺炎性表現(xiàn)。胸膜增厚是該病的另一個(gè)主要征象,胸腔積液較為少見。
本組8例病人肺部病變?cè)诓≡罘植己筒≡钚螒B(tài)上具有一定特點(diǎn),均主要分布于雙肺基底部,較大的病灶形態(tài)趨于不規(guī)則狀。TOBINO等[22]研究顯示,BHD綜合征病人肺部病灶主要分布于雙肺中下葉的基底內(nèi)側(cè)區(qū)域和基底側(cè)向區(qū)域,囊性病灶數(shù)量、大小不一,以不規(guī)則狀表現(xiàn)為主。本文結(jié)果與之相似。提示上述征象有助于BHD綜合征病人肺部病變與其他發(fā)生于肺組織的囊性病變進(jìn)行鑒別。
結(jié)合本組病例并參考相關(guān)文獻(xiàn)[23-26],BHD綜合征肺部病變的主要CT征象為:①在雙側(cè)肺氣腫基礎(chǔ)上,局部見較大不規(guī)則狀低密度區(qū),可為單發(fā),也可表現(xiàn)為多個(gè)融合;②較大的不規(guī)則狀低密度區(qū)主要分布于雙肺下葉基底部,鄰近肺組織受壓改變;③不規(guī)則狀低密度區(qū)周邊多見囊壁,內(nèi)部見分隔;④多伴肺炎、胸膜增厚,部分病例可見胸腔積液。
3.3BHD綜合征肺部病變的鑒別診斷
BHD綜合征病人肺部病變需與常見的多發(fā)性肺大皰、肺淋巴管肌瘤病相鑒別。①多發(fā)性肺大皰:囊性病灶呈圓形或橢圓形,囊壁較薄且均勻,罕見體積較大的不規(guī)則狀低密度區(qū),內(nèi)部分隔影少見;與吸煙病史密切相關(guān)的常見肺大皰,其分布以雙肺頂部多見,這與BHD綜合征肺部病變多呈雙肺基底部分布有較為顯著的區(qū)別[27]。②肺淋巴管肌瘤病:好發(fā)于育齡期婦女,CT上雙肺多發(fā)囊性病灶,囊壁薄且均勻,部分囊壁顯示可較為模糊,分布較為散在、彌漫,分布區(qū)域無(wú)差異,典型表現(xiàn)為布滿肺中央和外周肺實(shí)質(zhì);除在病灶分布上與BHD綜合征不同外,肺淋巴管肌瘤病病人的肺囊腫體積常較小,且形狀更趨近于圓形;本病預(yù)后較差,隨著肺囊性病灶的增加常進(jìn)展為呼吸系統(tǒng)功能不全及呼吸衰竭,BHD綜合征病人則鮮有[28]。
3.4BHD綜合征的基因檢測(cè)
BHD綜合征為一種常染色體顯性遺傳病,其最為可靠的診斷是在臨床診斷的基礎(chǔ)上行FLCN基因檢測(cè)[29]。本組8例BHD綜合征病人中,5例屬于同一家系,與文獻(xiàn)所報(bào)道的BHD綜合征有家族聚集性特點(diǎn)相符[30],其余3例也均有家屬疑似或確診的患病史。同一家系5例病人中有4例為男性,非同一家系3例病人中有1例為男性,男性占本組全部病例的62.5%,似乎本病與性染色體遺傳具有相關(guān)性,但由于本組病例數(shù)量少,且目前尚無(wú)文獻(xiàn)報(bào)道本病有隱性遺傳或與性染色體遺傳相關(guān),故該問題尚有待于進(jìn)一步研究。
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