Hydrocephalus - Research News and Information

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Visualization of cerebrospinal fluid movement with spin labeling at MR imaging: preliminary results in normal and pathophysiologic conditions.

30 Oct 2008 Institutional review board approval and informed consent were obtained for this study. This study was HIPAA compliant. The purpose of this study was to visualize the movement of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) noninvasively by using an unenhanced ... Read more...

Two new patients with Curry-Jones syndrome with trichoblastoma and medulloblastoma suggest an etiologic role of the sonic hedgehog-patched-GLI pathway.

13 Oct 2008 Curry-Jones syndrome (OMIM #601707) is a rare multiple malformation disorder of unknown etiology, associated with brain and skull abnormalities, polysyndactyly, and defects of the eyes, skin and gastrointestinal tract. We report on two new cases of ... Read more...

Brain and eye malformations resembling Walker-Warburg syndrome are recapitulated in mice by dystroglycan deletion in the epiblast.

13 Oct 2008 Walker-Warburg syndrome (WWS) is a severe congenital disease that is characterized by brain and eye malformations and lethality during the first year of life. Genetic mutations have been identified in a subset of WWS patients, but a majority of ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Hydrocephalus'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Visualization of cerebrospinal fluid movement with spin labeling at MR imaging: preliminary results in normal and pathophysiologic conditions. 30 Oct 2008
• Two new patients with Curry-Jones syndrome with trichoblastoma and medulloblastoma suggest an etiologic role of the sonic hedgehog-patched-GLI pathway. 13 Oct 2008
• Brain and eye malformations resembling Walker-Warburg syndrome are recapitulated in mice by dystroglycan deletion in the epiblast. 13 Oct 2008
• Mesencephalic ependymal cysts: treatment under pure endoscopic or endoscope-assisted keyhole conditions. 29 Sep 2008
• Cranial vault expansion in the management of postshunt craniosynostosis and slit ventricle syndrome. 29 Sep 2008
• Transcavum interforniceal endoscopic surgery of the third ventricle. 29 Sep 2008
• Clinical predictors of developmental outcome in patients with cephaloceles. 29 Sep 2008
• Acute hydrocephalus after endoscopic repair of cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea. 29 Sep 2008
• [Hydrocephalus as initial presentation of a spinal cord tumour in a child] 13 Sep 2008
• An atypical meningioma. 30 Aug 2008
• Fibrothorax in adulthood caused by a cerebrospinal fluid shunt in the treatment of hydrocephalus. 30 Aug 2008
• Intracranial pial single-channel arteriovenous fistula presenting with significant brain edema. 30 Aug 2008
• Magnetic resonance angiography in the evaluation of infants with hydrocephalus: a new standard? 30 Aug 2008
• Magnetic resonance imaging for quantitative flow measurement in infants with hydrocephalus: a prospective study. 30 Aug 2008
• The natural history of the Chiari Type I anomaly. 30 Aug 2008
• Postnatal ascent of the cerebellar tonsils in Chiari malformation Type II following surgical repair of myelomeningocele. 30 Aug 2008
• The Dandy-Walker variant: a case series of 24 pediatric patients and evaluation of associated anomalies, incidence of hydrocephalus, and developmental outcomes. 30 Aug 2008
• Magnetic field interactions in adjustable hydrocephalus shunts. 30 Aug 2008
• Genetic disorders associated with macrocephaly. 30 Jul 2008
• Antimicrobial suture wound closure for cerebrospinal fluid shunt surgery: a prospective, double-blinded, randomized controlled trial. 30 Jul 2008

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Technical information about 'Hydrocephalus'

Definition: Excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid within the cranium which may be associated with dilation of cerebral ventricles, INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; HEADACHE; lethargy; URINARY INCONTINENCE; and ATAXIA (and in infants macrocephaly). This condition may be caused by obstruction of cerebrospinal fluid pathways due to neurologic abnormalities, INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; and other conditions. Impaired resorption of cerebrospinal fluid from the arachnoid villi results in a communicating form of hydrocephalus. Hydrocephalus ex-vacuo refers to ventricular dilation that occurs as a result of brain substance loss from CEREBRAL INFARCTION and other conditions.

Descriptor UI: D006849

Alternative terms: Hydrocephalus; Hydrocephaly; Post-Traumatic Hydrocephalus; Hydrocephalus, Post-Traumatic; Post Traumatic Hydrocephalus; Hydrocephalus Ex-Vacuo; Hydrocephalus Ex Vacuo; Hydrocephalus Ex-Vacuos; Obstructive Hydrocephalus; Hydrocephalus, Obstructive; Communicating Hydrocephalus; Hydrocephalus, Communicating; Congenital Hydrocephalus; Hydrocephalus, Congenital;

Related Mesh Headings: Intracranial Hypertension;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; ultrastructure; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.228.140.602; C10.228.140.631.450; C16.614.414;