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https://doi.org/10.24869/psyd.2023.27

COMPARISON OF INCIDENTAL FINDINGS OF BRAIN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF SCHIZOPHRENIA PATIENTS, FIRST-EPISODE PSYCHOSIS PATIENTS AND HEALTHY CONTROLS

Olga Bayar Kapici ; Adıyaman Training and Research Hospital, Department of Radiology, Adıyaman, Turkey
Yaşar Kapici ; Kahta State Hospital, Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic, Adıyaman, Turkey
Atilla Tekin ; Adıyaman University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Adıyaman, Turkey

Sažetak

Background: It has been emphasized for a long time that neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative processes play an
important role in the etiology of schizophrenia.
Subjects and methods: In this study, brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of 97 patients with schizophrenia (SCH), 42 firstepisode
psychosis (FEP) patients, and 70 healthy controls (HC) were analyzed, and abnormal findings on brain MRI were recorded.
Participant's age, gender, and brain MRI findings were recorded retrospectively. Fazekas grades evaluated the distribution of white
matter hyperintensities in the brain.
Results: The mean ages of FEP, SCH, and HC were 24.8±6.3, 36.9±11.5, and 36±10.5, respectively. Generalized cerebral
atrophy was higher in SCH and HC than in FEP groups, and frontoparietal atrophy was higher in the SCH group than in HC and
FEP groups (p<0.001). The percentage of Fazekas Grade-1 was higher in the SCH group than HC and FEP groups (p=0.006).
Additionally, the cavum veli interpositi (CVI) rate was higher in FEP and SCH groups than in the HC group (p=0.042).
Conclusion: Although there was no significant age difference between the SCH and HC groups, the higher prevalence of
generalized cerebral atrophy in the SCH group may indicate the neurodegenerative process of schizophrenia. The fact that CVI, a
congenital brain anomaly, was detected more frequently in the FEP and SCH groups may suggest that schizophrenia may be
associated with neurodevelopmental process.

Ključne riječi

schizophrenia; first-episode psychosis; brain magnetic resonance imaging

Hrčak ID:

307217

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/307217

Datum izdavanja:

17.4.2023.

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