Trial reportAJNR. American journal of neuroradiology2009
Is all "communicating" hydrocephalus really communicating? Prospective study on the value of 3D-constructive interference in steady state sequence at 3T.
Trial report in AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.
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- Arachnoid Membranes: Crawling Back into Radiologic Consciousness.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2022Review
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- Idiopathic fourth ventricular outlet obstruction misdiagnosed as normal pressure hydrocephalus: A cautionary case.Surgical neurology international · 2020Article
- The value of CSF flow studies in the management of CSF disorders in children: a pictorial review.Insights into imaging · 2019Review
- Phase-contrast and three-dimensional driven equilibrium (3D-DRIVE) sequences in the assessment of paediatric obstructive hydrocephalus.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2018Article
- MR assessment of pediatric hydrocephalus: a road map.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2016Review
- Diagnostic performance of heavily T2-weighted techniques in obstructive hydrocephalus: comparison study of two different 3D heavily T2-weighted and conventional T2-weighted sequences.Japanese journal of radiology · 2015Article
- Idiopathic fourth ventricle outlet obstruction successfully treated by endoscopic third ventriculostomy: a case report.SpringerPlus · 2015Article
- Evaluation of hydrocephalus and other cerebrospinal fluid disorders with MRI: An update.Insights into imaging · 2014Article
- Blake's pouch cyst.Surgical neurology international · 2014Review
- Neonatal post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus resulting in foraminal septae-radiological technique and surgical implications.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2013Article
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Abstract
background and purpose3D-constructive interference in steady state (3D-CISS) sequence has been used to assess the CSF pathways. The aim of this study was to investigate the additive value of 3D-CISS compared with conventional sequences in the diagnosis of obstructive membranes in hydrocephalus. MATERIALS AND
methodsA total of 134 patients with hydrocephalus underwent MR imaging examination with a 3T unit consisting of turbo spin-echo, 3D-CISS, and cine phase-contrast (cine PC) sequences. 3D-CISS was used to assess obstructive membranes in CSF pathways compared with other sequences. Cine PC, follow-up imaging, and surgical findings were used to confirm obstructive membranes.
resultsComparing the number of noncommunicating cases by using the conventional and 3D-CISS images, we found 26 new cases (19.4%) of 134 cases that were previously misdiagnosed as communicating hydrocephalus by conventional images. 3D-CISS sequence identified obstructive membranes invisible in other sequences, which facilitated selection of neuroendoscopy in the treatment of 31 patients (23.1%) in total who would have been otherwise treated with shunt insertion. These patients included 26 newly diagnosed noncommunicating cases after demonstration of intraventricular and/or fourth ventricular outlet membranes and 5 cases of communicating hydrocephalus with obstructing cisternal membranes. There were obstructions of the foramina of Luschka in 22 of 26 newly found noncommunicating cases.
conclusionsConventional sequences are insensitive to obstructive membranes in CSF pathways, especially in the fourth ventricular exit foramina and the basal cisterns. 3D-CISS sequence, revealing these obstructive membranes, can alter patient treatment and prognosis.
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