ArticleBMC pediatrics2024
Prospective measurement of the width of cerebrospinal fluid spaces by cranial ultrasound in neurologically healthy children aged 0-19 months.
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- Subarachnoid space in infancy and early childhood: a systematic review of measurements.Pediatric radiology · 2026Pooled it
- Ultrasonographic assessment of subarachnoid space width in healthy infants aged 0-3 months: normative data and associations with anthropometric parameters.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026Article
- Reference Trajectories of Extra-Axial Cerebrospinal Fluid during Childhood and Adolescence Defined in a Clinically Acquired MRI Dataset.Radiology. Artificial intelligence · 2026Article
- Subarachnoid Space Measurements in the Second Trimester Using MR Imaging.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2025Article
- Continuous Intracranial Pressure Monitoring in Children with 'Benign' External Hydrocephalus.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundUltrasound (US) is often the first method used to look for brain or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) space pathologies. Knowledge of normal CSF width values is essential. Most of the available US normative values were established over 20 years ago, were obtained with older equipment, and cover only part of the age spectrum that can be examined by cranial US. This prospective study aimed to determine the normative values of the widths of the subarachnoid and internal CSF spaces (craniocortical, minimal and maximal interhemispheric, interventricular, and frontal horn) for high-resolution linear US probes in neurologically healthy infants and children aged 0-19 months and assess whether subdural fluid collections can be delineated.
methodsTwo radiologists measured the width of the CSF spaces with a conventional linear probe and an ultralight hockey-stick probe in neurologically healthy children not referred for cranial or spinal US.
resultsThis study included 359 neurologically healthy children (n
conclusionNormative values for the widths of the subarachnoid space and the internal CSF spaces are useful for evaluating intracranial pathology, especially when determining whether an increase in the subarachnoid space width is abnormal.
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