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Longitudinal Changes in the Brain Following Third Ventriculostomy in a Child With Hydrocephalus: A Case Report.

Yongxin Li, Cailei Zhao, Zhen Tan, Ya Wang, Heye Zhang, Jinyang Wang, Honghua Guo, Baozhen Zeng, Wenhua Huang

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Article in Medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yongxin LiFrom the Institute of Clinical Anatomy, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou (YL, YW, JW, HG, BZ, WH); Department of Pediatric Radiology, Shenzhen Children Hospital (CZ); Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Shenzhen Children Hospital (ZT); and Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China (HZ).
Cailei Zhao
Zhen Tan
Ya Wang
Heye Zhang
Jinyang Wang
Honghua Guo
Baozhen Zeng
Wenhua Huang
Shenzhen Children's Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The goal of this study was to detect the long-term effect of shunting on the integrity of white matter in young children with hydrocephalus.The authors reported the case of a 6-month-old boy with hydrocephalus who was evaluated by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) before and after a shunt operation.When compared with normal children, the structures of the corpus callosum, internal capsule, and corona radiata in the patient showed a decrease in fractional anisotropy and an increase in radial diffusivity values before the shunt operation. Following successful cerebrospinal fluid shunting, long-term follow-up DTI demonstrated a trend toward normalization of the fractional anisotropy and radial diffusivity values.Shunt treatment can prevent further damage to the brain and grossly reconstitute the distorted anatomy. DTI could be a useful tool in detecting longitudinal changes after a shunt operation. Further studies involving larger case numbers are needed to detect the long-term effect of shunting on the brains of children with hydrocephalus.

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Diffusion Tensor ImagingHumansHydrocephalusInfantMaleVentriculostomyWhite Matter

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PMID26632724
PMCPMC5058993
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