Diagnosis and management of normal-pressure hydrocephalus

JAL Vanneste - Journal of neurology, 2000 - Springer
The syndrome of normal-pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) remains a diagnostic and
therapeutic challenge, especially as many patients do not display the classical clinical and …

Hydrocephalus in aqueductal stenosis

G Cinalli, P Spennato, A Nastro, F Aliberti… - Child's Nervous …, 2011 - Springer
Introduction The sylvian aqueduct is the most common site of intraventricular blockage of the
cerebro-spinal fluid. Clinical aspects, neuroradiological appearance, and treatment of …

Cine MR in the evaluation of normal and abnormal CSF flow: intracranial and intraspinal studies

RM Quencer, MJ Donovan Post, RS Hinks - Neuroradiology, 1990 - Springer
Evaluation of intracranial and intraspinal CSF flow was accomplished by the use of cardiac
gated gradient echo magnetic resonance (MR) technique. Normal patterns of pulsatile flow …

Normal pressure hydrocephalus: new concepts on etiology and diagnosis

WG Bradley - American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2000 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is remarkable for two reasons: 1) it is one of the few
treatable causes of dementia, and 2) neuroradiologists are usually involved in making the …

MR imaging of cerebrospinal fluid dynamics in health and disease: on the vascular pathogenesis of communicating hydrocephalus and benign intracranial …

D Greitz, J Hannerz, T Rähn, H Bolander… - Acta …, 1994 - Taylor & Francis
The CSF flows in the aqueduct and at the foramen magnum were examined in 5 patients
with communicating hydrocephalus (HC) and in 10 with benign intracranial hypertension …

Flow void of cerebrospinal fluid in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus of the elderly: can it predict outcome after shunting?

JK Krauss, JP Regel, W Vach, FD Jüngling… - …, 1997 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: We investigate the predictive value of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow void on
outcome after shunting in a prospective series of patients with idiopathic normal pressure …

MR-gated intracranial CSF dynamics: evaluation of CSF pulsatile flow.

PC Njemanze, OJ Beck - American journal of …, 1989 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
This article describes a new imaging method, called MR-gated intracranial CSF (liquor)
dynamics, or MR-GILD. Pulsatile flow in CSF pathways is revealed by the difference …

The brain in older persons with and without dementia: findings on MR, PET, and SPECT images.

PC Davis, SS Mirra, N Alazraki - AJR. American journal of …, 1994 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
Neuroimaging plays an increasingly important role in the evaluation of dementias of older
adults. Although no unequivocal diagnostic test other than biopsy is currently available for …

Stereotactic third ventriculostomy: assessment of patency with MR imaging.

CR Jack, PJ Kelly - American journal of neuroradiology, 1989 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
Ventricular CSF signal-intensity characteristics indicative of flowing CSF on MR images
(CSF flow void) were analyzed in 20 patients who underwent a CT-based stereotactic third …

Quantitative SPECT cisternography in normal pressure hydrocephalus

A Larsson, Å Ärlig, AC Bergh, M Bilting… - Acta neurologica …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Twenty‐one patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), 8 patients with various
brain diseases with an element of hydrocephalus, and 7 patients with miscellaneous …