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Spectrum of Neuroradiologic Findings Associated with Monogenic Interferonopathies

P. Benjamin, S. Sudhakar, F. D’Arco, U. Löbel, O. Carney, C.-J. Roux, N. Boddaert, C. Hemingway, D. Eleftheriou and K. Mankad
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2022, 43 (1) 2-10; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7362
P. Benjamin
aFrom the Department of Radiology (P.B., S.S., F.D., U.L., O.C., K.M.), Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, UK
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S. Sudhakar
aFrom the Department of Radiology (P.B., S.S., F.D., U.L., O.C., K.M.), Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, UK
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F. D’Arco
aFrom the Department of Radiology (P.B., S.S., F.D., U.L., O.C., K.M.), Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, UK
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U. Löbel
aFrom the Department of Radiology (P.B., S.S., F.D., U.L., O.C., K.M.), Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, UK
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O. Carney
aFrom the Department of Radiology (P.B., S.S., F.D., U.L., O.C., K.M.), Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, UK
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C.-J. Roux
bDepartment of Paediatric Radiology (C.-J.R., N.B.), Hôpital Necker–Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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N. Boddaert
bDepartment of Paediatric Radiology (C.-J.R., N.B.), Hôpital Necker–Enfants Malades, Paris, France
cInstitut Imagine (N.B.), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Union Mutualiste Retraite 1163, Paris, France
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dDepartment of Paediatric Neurology (C.H.), Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
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D. Eleftheriou
eInfection, Inflammation, and Immunology Section (D.E.), University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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K. Mankad
aFrom the Department of Radiology (P.B., S.S., F.D., U.L., O.C., K.M.), Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, UK
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    A highly simplified diagram highlighting key pathways affected in type 1 interferonopathies, in which neuroimaging findings have been described. The black bars indicate inhibition, and the arrows, activation. ? indicates that the mechanism of IFN induction is unclear. CGAS indicates cyclic GMP-AMP synthase; TBK1, TANK-binding kinase 1; IRF3, IFN regulatory factor 3; MAVS, mitochondrial antiviral-signaling protein; IFNAR, IFN α/β receptor; JAK1, Janus kinase 1; TYK2, tyrosine kinase 2; PSMB8, proteasome subunit β type-8; TREX1, three prime repair exonuclease 1; RNASE H, ribonuclease H; SAMHD1, SAM And HD domain-containing deoxynucleoside triphosphate triphosphohydrolase 1; IFIH1, interferon induced with helicase C domain 1; PNPT1, polyribonucleotide nucleotidyltransferase 1; DNASE2, deoxyribonuclease 2; ACP5, acid phosphatase 5; ISG15, interferon-stimulated gene 15; RNU7-1, RNA, U7 small nuclear 1; USP18, ubiquitin-specific peptidase 18; STAT2, signal transducer and activator of transcription 2; ER, endoplasmic reticulum; mtDNA, mitochondrial DNA.

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    T2, gradient recalled-echo (GRE) and T1-weighted images of a 9-day-old boy with a TREX1 mutation demonstrating basal ganglia and periventricular calcifications.

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    CT, SWI, and T2-weighted images of a boy with a TREX1 mutation. The upper row shows imaging at 2 months of age, and the lower row, at 2 years of age. There are periventricular, basal ganglia, brainstem, and cerebellar WM calcifications, which progress with time. Note the interval volume loss with WM rarefaction, most marked in the anterior temporal lobes.

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    A 1-year-old girl with a RNASEH2B mutation. There are patchy WMH throughout the brain. Symmetric T2-signal abnormality is noted in the globus pallidus, thalamus, and dentate nucleus. There is global cerebral volume loss. CT confirms basal ganglia calcifications.

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    A potential route to the diagnosis of monogenic type 1 interferonopathies. The red boxes contain clinical, laboratory, and imaging findings that lead one to suspect an interferonopathy. The green boxes contain diagnostic tests performed when a monogenic type 1 interferonopathy is strongly suspected. ESR indicates erythrocyte sedimentation rate; WBC, white blood cells; ISG, interferon-stimulated genes; TORCH, (T)oxoplasmosis, (O)ther Agents, (R)ubella (also known as German Measles), (C)ytomegalovirus, and (H)erpes Simplex; mRNA, messenger RNA.

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    A CT study in axial and sagittal reconstructions shows punctate and linear branching calcifications along the deep perforators in a 7-year-old boy with a SAMHD1 mutation.

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    A 24-week-old boy with a RNASEH2C mutation with WM abnormalities in the frontal and temporal lobes and generalized volume loss.

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    Lacunar infarct in the right putamen in a 7-year-old boy with a SAMDH1 mutation. The angiogram on the right demonstrates a Moyamoya-type vasculopathy with occlusion of the right M1 and A1 (arrow).

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    A, Bilateral putaminal signal abnormality in a 4-year-old boy with a confirmed ADAR1 mutation. There was no diffusion restriction. B, A different patient also with an ADAR1 mutation showing cavitation in both putamina.

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    An 18-month-old girl with a PNTP1 mutation with signal abnormality and decreased volume of both the putamina and globi pallidi. Diffusion restriction is seen in the globi pallidi.

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    Atypical imaging features in a 4-year-old girl with an ADAR1 mutation showing a T2 signal abnormality and mild diffusion restriction in the globi pallidi bilaterally (arrows), but not in the putamina.

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    T2-weighted MR imaging of a 9-day-old girl with congenital cytomegalovirus infection showing polymicrogyria (white arrow), periventricular calcifications (gray arrow), and anterior temporal lobe cysts (black arrow).

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    A 6 month-old girl with perforin-deficient hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. There is diffuse WM signal abnormality seen on the T2-weighted image and multiple enhancing pseudotumoural lesions seen on the T1 postcontrast image (T1 + C) in the left thalamus and posterior temporal and occipital lobes bilaterally.

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    A 6-year-old boy with Cockayne syndrome showing subcortical and basal ganglia calcifications on SWI and diffuse WM signal abnormality seen on the T2-weighted image. There is marked WM volume loss.

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    Hemosiderin-lined cavities in the basal ganglia and thalamus and subtle periventricular calcification on CT (white arrows) in a 3-year-old boy with a COL4A1 mutation.

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